Italia Ricci Quotes

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give.

I give you something, but I don't want you to give me something tomorrow. When I give something, it's because I want to give it.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.

On my 30th birthday, all the presents I got were boxes of food. That's what I needed.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

I like the joy when you feed people and they're happy and full and enjoying themselves.

I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

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

It's not about how big or expensive a present is, it's the thought that is so nice.

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.

No, honey. This is for you.

Any time you make the transfer of 'I've created something, and I'm giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,' that's good.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

You need to give to get. Give support to get it. Give praise to receive it. Give your best to get your wishes. Give more love to be beloved. Give to get.

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

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you.

For me, food is about generosity, and this should reflect on the plate as well.