For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die read more

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]

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.

One rose says more than the dozen

One rose says more than the dozen

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to
support the weak, and to remember read more

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.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
[Ger., Die Gaben
Kommen von oben herab, in read more

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
[Ger., Die Gaben
Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we read more

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

Give an inch, he'll take an ell.

Give an inch, he'll take an ell.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.