Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."

"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves read more

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.

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
[Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]

He ne'er consider'd it as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
And very wisely would read more

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.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.

It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.