Isaac Watts Quotes

My grandparents, one Christmas, they did not have anything. They did not have money to buy presents. So my grandmother went to the orange tree outside her home, and so her boys did not go without for Christmas, she took oranges to her sons as presents.

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

I make you a gift of these Blacks, of their children, their horses, their weapons, and all they possess. Share them among you.

I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift one can give another?

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.

To be part of something that's so important to other people, it's strange and it's unmooring, and it's deeply beautiful, and it's the gift that keeps on giving.

My father's favorite poem was probably 'Love is patient, love is kind.' It's simply stated but pretty profound. That's how my dad wrote.

I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection.

I personally think that a bouquet of white roses is simple, chic, and surprisingly long-lasting.

I work hard to make a gift to the audience.