<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Gifts - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the giver more than the gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66223]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66222]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To receive gifts is to lose freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17456]]></link><description><![CDATA[To receive gifts is to lose freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wisest he in this whole wide land Of hoarding till bent and gray;  For all you can hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17450]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wisest he in this whole wide land Of hoarding till bent and gray;  For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand   Is what you have given away.    . . . .     He gave with a zest and he gave his best;      Give him the best to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gives twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17451]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gives twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17453]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One rose says more than the dozen ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17454]]></link><description><![CDATA[One rose says more than the dozen]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ich.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give an inch, he'll take an ell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give an inch, he'll take an ell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom. [Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom. [Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Presents," I often say, endear Absents." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17444]]></link><description><![CDATA["Presents," I often say, endear Absents."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille  Und nicht die Gabe macht ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17445]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille  Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17446]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17448]]></link><description><![CDATA[In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17426]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17428]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth,  And very wisely would lay forth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17432]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth,  And very wisely would lay forth   No more upon it than 'twas worth;    But as he got it freely, so     He spent it frank and freely too:      For saints themselves will sometimes be,       Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,    And we are not told whose gift was gold,     Or whose was the gift of myrrh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413</guid></item></channel></rss>