Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return.

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.

He gives twice who gives quickly. - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,

Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.

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

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

One rose says more than the dozen

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

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.