God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
People don't really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.
Christmas is a special time of year for everyone - I remember getting my first BMX bike when I was a kid, and it was the best present ever.
People love giving cooks spoons, I've noticed. Or, at least, they love giving them to me.
It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.
I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.
In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well.
I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.
Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.
If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.
I'll get boxes full of books and objects from perfect strangers in the oddest places. Teachers will send me students' drawings, etc. It's hard to sift through it all.
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.
I actually hate receiving gifts, it makes me very uncomfortable for some reason.
I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
I have never bought myself a computer or a phone, but guys in my life have bought them for me, for whatever reason. So now I have them.
Valentine's Day is different for old people. At this age I receive chocolates in boxes shaped like artificial hearts.
Today I will gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer me. I will receive the gifts of sunlight and the sound of birds singing and spring showers. I will also be open to receiving from others, whether it is in the form of a material gift, a compliment or a prayer.
Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry - not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.
I would never look a gift horse in the mouth. I've had some lovely homemade earrings and, recently, a wall hanging made in the style of Georges Seurat.
You know my feelings: every day is a gift. It's just, does it have to be socks?
