Top 100 The Greatest Gifts Quotes
#1. I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type a question into Google and watch the question auto-fill. In that moment, we know someone else has asked that same question. The gift of realizing you're not alone is incredibly powerful.
Ze Frank
#2. Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major influence in making modern man what he is today.
Edward R. Murrow
#3. So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.
Tim Cook
#4. I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.
Amanda Palmer
#5. One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
Barbara Smith
#6. Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.
Liya Kebede
#7. Peace is one of the greatest gifts we can leave our children.
Jon Jones
#8. I will never be a stupid girl ... and neither should you. Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before ... it's also much easier
and much more fun. A good education is one of the greatest gifts you could ever give yourself.
Pink
#9. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
Maya Angelou
#10. Freedom of religion is one of the greatest gifts of God to man, without distinction of race and color. He is the author and lord of conscience, and no power on earth has a right to stand between God and the conscience.
Philip Schaff
#11. If I had a single wish, I would wish sixty seconds of total depravity upon myself. For one of the greatest gifts of all is to have 'nothing' so that I can finally learn how to appreciate 'everything'.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#12. One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.
Carl Sagan
#13. The wisdom of other cultures is one of the greatest gifts that a traveler can bring home. It takes no room in your suitcase - only an open mind and an open heart.
Peggy Kopman-Owens
#14. The greatest gifts are those that say, "I know you".
Fennel Hudson
#15. One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
Caroline Kennedy
#17. One of the greatest gifts of life is having a chance to live as long as there are people on earth.
Kenneth De Guzman
#18. One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher
J.E.B. Spredemann
#19. I think that's one of the greatest gifts you get if you're successful at something like music or film or photography - any of the arts - you can sit there and think. It's so much fun to sit there and think and wonder about the world and the universe.
Albert Hammond Jr.
#20. I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.
Maya Angelou
#21. Allow yourself to love him, Nicole. That's one of the greatest gifts a mother can give to her child, you know. To love her child's father. I firmly believe that once Gabe's heart heals, he'll discover that you and your child already have a place there.
Emily March
#22. I have learned ... adversity can be one of the greatest gifts of all.
Robert Kiyosaki
#23. For the sage
Heaven and Earth join
in bestowing the greatest gifts
Lao-Tzu
#24. One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.
Pat Conroy
#25. The greatest gifts of a New Year; it brings a new beginning, new blessings and new bliss.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#26. One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of it as much as we could when it comes to matters of the heart.
Niecy Nash
#27. I think the greatest gifts we can give each other in a relationship are the gifts of kindness and communication.
Jane Green
#28. I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.
George Michael
#29. Everyone knows how to smile. Its one of the greatest gifts God has given us. A smile makes people feel good, and people look so beautiful when they smile.
Joyce Meyer
#30. One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we'll have her forever.
Bob Hope
#31. One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
Ace Frehley
#32. Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets - and it's worth the wait.
Jesse L. Martin
#33. Making someone feel visible is one of the greatest gifts you can give another human being, especially children,
D.E. Boyer
#34. One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.
Criss Jami
#35. Sometimes what is said to be a gift may appear more of a curse only because the greatest gifts of all are the gifts that have enough disruptive force to break us out of everything that's breaking us. And God loves us far too much not to give us exactly those kinds of gifts.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#36. The things we share with each other are deeply felt from within our hearts that neither of us will ever forget. For the gifts that are priceless are the ones that are heartfelt; their roots are within our soul. They are the greatest gifts, of all.
Ellen J. Barrier
#37. The greatest gifts my parents gave to me ... were their unconditional love and a set of values.
Colin Powell
#38. Stories are one of the greatest gifts we can give to our children. Stories are equipment for life.
Matthew Knisely
#40. One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention
Jim Rohn
#41. The simple things in life are the greatest gifts.
Bryant McGill
#42. You who have received so much love, show your love by protecting the sacredness of life. The sacredness of life is the greatest gifts that God has given us.
Mother Teresa
#43. One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.
Ben Okri
#44. Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
Katharine Hepburn
#45. For me, books have always been the greatest gifts. I love to give and receive them because I know they are a reflection of the giver.
Colleen Mariotti
#46. Mortality is one of the greatest gifts ever bestowed. After a long and fruitful life, we are able to rest.
Nancy Straight
#47. My mom and my dad taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health and the right to clean water and good land.
Erin Brockovich
#48. I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.
Hillary Clinton
#49. My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.
Donna Karan
#50. The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.
John Owen
#51. Literacy is one of the greatest gifts a person could receive.
Jen Selinsky
#52. And in busy London there now grew up one of the greatest gifts that the English genius was to leave the world. For in the reign of Elizabeth I began the first and greatest flowering of the glorious English theatre.
Edward Rutherfurd
#53. Suzanne was kind of slutty, and it was good for every hot woman to have a slutty best friend because being able to judge your friends is one of the greatest gifts of friendship.
Alexandra Brenton
#54. One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
Mandy Patinkin
#55. giving children something with which to surprise their parents is one of the greatest gifts a teacher can bestow.
Richard Dawkins
#56. One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.
Sean Covey
#57. One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention
a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who respects their readers.
Ella J. Fraser
#58. One of the greatest gifts to give our friends and others is a prayer.
Ellen J. Barrier
#59. The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Denis Waitley
#60. Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.
Maya Angelou
#61. When we love and want nothing but good for that person, it's one of the greatest gifts we possess.
Anne Rice
#62. Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us.
Anna Quindlen
#63. The greatest joy is in giving; after all, God gave Christ for us.
Ashley Ormon
#64. The greatest gift on this planet is to love and be loved.
Don Chipp
#65. The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.
Martin Luther
#66. Your uniqueness is the greatest gift you will ever receive in life.
Bryant McGill
#67. That's one of the great gifts of this, the greatest of all games, baseball: it allows you, still, to lose yourself in a dream, to feel and remember a season of life when summer never seemed to die and the assault of cynicism hadn't begun to batter optimism.
Mike Barnicle
#69. Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.
Freeman Dyson
#70. The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.
David Steindl-Rast
#71. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.
O. Henry
#72. All the best, greatest, purest and worthiest things in life are beyond all market-value and that the gifts of the gods are not for sale.
Marie Corelli
#73. Listening and acknowledging we are all different is the greatest gift to share with one another
Paul Isaacs
#74. Dreaming is one of humanity's greatest gifts - it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.
Richard Branson
#77. Creativity is one of your greatest gifts. It resides deep inside you impacting your every thought. It is attached to a never ending source and is one of the main aspects of who you are. Your very essence is as a creator. No one creates exactly like you do. Your thoughts and actions color the world.
Renae A. Sauter
#78. Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.
Stephen Covey
#79. If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.
Max Muller
#80. The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family
Mother Teresa
#81. Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.
Elle Macpherson
#82. When they the American soldiers came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion ... Joining hands with them, the men of America gave the greatest of all gifts - the gift of life and the gift of spirit.
Woodrow Wilson
#83. Evil's greatest triumph may be its success in portraying religion as an enemy of pleasure when, in fact, religion accounts for its source: every good and enjoyable thing is the invention of a Creator who lavished gifts on the world.
Philip Yancey
#84. Sometimes our greatest gifts and talents are birthed through great pain and suffering
Timothy Pina
#85. Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.
Thomas S. Monson
#86. One of the greatest skills - and gifts - is to focus on a person. Make them feel as though they're the only person in the world.
Rhonda Rhyne
#87. To be willing to suffer in order to create is one thing; to realize that one's creation necessitates one's suffering, that suffering is one of the greatest of God's gifts, is almost to reach a mystical solution of the problem of evil.
J. W. N. Sullivan
#88. You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God's greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
#89. Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.
Thomas A Kempis
#90. Beginning and committing to a dream interpretation practice is one of the best gifts anyone can give themselves. This is truly the greatest guidance anyone could ask for.
Teresa DeCicco
#91. Some of the very greatest gifts bring an inevitable downside which you cannot "cure" without curing the gift at the same time.
Stephanie S. Tolan
#93. Education happens to be something that all people, all cultures, need to embrace. Math, science, the words of the world. To be able to speak and be able to have clarity and to be able to think. Those are the greatest of gifts.
Bill Cosby
#94. Music is everywhere," Maude said softly. "It is in the water, in the wind's hum, in the bird's cry, in the boat's horn. Rhythm surrounds us. That is one of life's greatest gifts.
Anna Adams
#95. Yes, there's a relaying of internal states that only a novel can achieve. In my view, the novel is one of Europe's greatest gifts to the world. America and Africa collaborated to give the world jazz. We'll call it even.
Teju Cole
#96. Teaching children the joy of honest labor is one of the greatest of all gifts you can bestow upon them. Let us also teach our children to see that the work assigned is carried to its completion and to take pride in what they accomplish.
L. Tom Perry
#97. You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
Questlove
#98. Of all the gifts God gave me, he thought, the greatest one is you.
Sylvain Reynard
#99. Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.
Maya Angelou
#100. Health is the greatest of God's gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as fine as a spider's web and the tiniest thing can make it snap, leaving the strongest of us helpless in an instant.
Jennifer Worth
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