76 Inspirational Gift Quotes

Nov. 22, 2024, 8:45 p.m.

76 Inspirational Gift Quotes

In a world where words hold immense power, gifting someone a quote can be a deeply personal gesture, capable of inspiring and uplifting. Whether etched in elegant calligraphy or simply printed on a heartfelt card, inspirational quotes have the unique ability to resonate deeply with the recipient, offering wisdom and motivation. In this collection, we bring you 76 handpicked inspirational gift quotes, each selected for their ability to touch hearts and inspire minds. Whether you're looking to encourage a friend, uplift a loved one, or imbue your own life with positivity, these quotes are sure to ignite a spark of inspiration. Dive in and find the perfect words to make someone's day a little brighter.

1. “But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills,And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me,And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’dTo dwell in presence of immortal youth,Immortal age beside immortal youth,And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus” - Alfred Lord Tennyson

2. “Let me go: take back thy gift:Why should a man desire in any wayTo vary from the kindly race of men,Or pass beyond the goal of ordinanceWhere all should pause, as is most meet for all?...Why wilt thou ever scare me with thy tears,And make me tremble lest a saying learnt,In days far-off, on that dark earth, be true?‘The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.’- Tithonus” - Alfred Lord Tennyson

3. “A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.” - Thomas A. Kempis

4. “You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.” - Audrey Hepburn

5. “Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God” - Leo Buscaglia

6. “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” - seneca

7. “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” - St Jerome

8. “Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.” - Thomas Hughes

9. “They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can't think why, 'cos it's not as if I hardly ever has a bath. You'd think they'd take the hint, wouldn't you?” - Terry Pratchett

10. “When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.” - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

11. “The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.” - Pierre Corneille

12. “I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.” - Ingrid Betancourt

13. “Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.” - Robert Schumann

14. “Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.” - John Wyndham

15. “Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.” - William Shakespeare

16. “Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!” - Neil Gaiman

17. “The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift to sleep. The giver is that one you think of when you first awake.” - Roman Payne

18. “In this city [Palermo] . . . it's the souls of the dead who bring presents to the children. . . . We go to the cemetery to ask the dead for toys.” - Gianni Riotta

19. “Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.” - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

20. “Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts.” - Steve Maraboli

21. “Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.” - Steve Maraboli

22. “Gift giving is a true art.1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift.2. You need to know what they truly want.3. You must be able to give it to them.Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult.But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could, justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute.” - Vera Nazarian

23. “Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.” - Jeannette Walls

24. “Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.” - Harley King

25. “Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours' reading time *while the kids are awake*. It might look like a cheapskate present, but parents will appreciate that it costs more in real terms than a Lamborghini.” - Nick Hornby

26. “You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle” - David Nicholls

27. “The beauty and gift of truth, is that it is not dependent upon your belief in order to remain true” - A. Dragonblood

28. “The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.” - Tess Gerritsen

29. “Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?” - Ann Voskamp

30. “There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something; Gifted people ARE that something.” - Steve Maraboli

31. “oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.” - Cecelia Ahern

32. “If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe them...My wisdom belongs to the foolish, my power to the oppressed. Thus my wealth belongs to the poor, my righteousness to the sinners...It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garment...But even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us.” - Martin Luther

33. “Of course, my Christmas is (so much more) gorgeous and romantic (than Germany's)!! And unlike the rest of the world, we leave wine behind for Santa Claus!""So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children while driving under the influence . . . ?” - Hidekaz Himaruya

34. “Everybody in the world ought to care for books, and if there are some who do not, why that is a perfectly convincing reason why books ought to be given to them, to be a rebuke to them and, perchance, to rescue them from the error of their ways.” - Willis Johnson

35. “May your dreams be gifts from the gods and may you open them with excitement and pleasure.” - Harley King

36. “It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for us just to banish these men from our lives, and escape their carping and jeering once and for all? Couldn't we live without them? Couldn't we earn our living and manage our affairs without help from them? Come on, let's wake up, and claim back our freedom, and the honour and dignity that they have usurped from us for so long. Do you think that if we really put our minds to it, we would be lacking the courage to defend ourselves, the strength to fend for ourselves, or the talents to earn our own living? Let's take our courage into our hands and do it, and then we can leave it up to them to mend their ways as much as they can: we shan't really care what the outcome is, just as long as we are no longer subjugated to them.” - Moderata Fonte

37. “Life IS the gift you were given,So stop waiting around for your dues.Use it wisely and you’ll gift yourself abundantly.” - Michelle Geaney

38. “The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.” - Sarah Dessen

39. “My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.” - Tahir Shah

40. “You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.” - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

41. “A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made.” - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

42. “When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me.” - William P. Smith

43. “When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.” - Gene Wolfe

44. “Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” - Henry Clay

45. “Everybody has own gifts from God. You just need to seize the right time, right place and right person to be found.” - Hiroko Sakai

46. “What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask?  Let me give you the answer in a true story...On a cold day in December, feeling especially warm in my heart for no other reason than it was the holiday season, I walked through the store sporting a big grin on my face.  Though most people were far too busy going about their business to notice me, one elderly gentleman in a wheelchair brought his eyes up to meet mine as we neared each other traveling opposite directions.  He slowed in passing just long enough to speak to me."Now that's a Christmas smile if I ever saw one," he said.My lips stretched to their limit in response, and I thanked him for the compliment.  Then we went our separate ways. But, as I thought about the man and how sweetly he'd touched me, I realized something simply wonderful!  In that brief, passing interaction we'd exchanged heartfelt gifts!And that, my friend, is the spirit of Christ~mas. ” - Richelle E. Goodrich

47. “In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one.” - Hiro Fujiwara

48. “The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.” - Ann Patchett

49. “I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.” - Jim Butcher

50. “One of the greatest gifts you can give isyour undivided attention.” - Oprah Winfrey

51. “If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.” - Idries Shah

52. “Recognize that there's something AMAZING about you. Everyone has something that comes very natural for them - natural gifts and talents. That gift/talent is that thing or things that comes easy for you, but hard for most. The greatness that is stored within was given to you, because it was meant to be used. Whether you've been running from it or haven't discovered it yet, it's there. It's your job to discover and master it. It wasn't given to you in vain, it's part of your purpose.” - Yvonne Pierre

53. “The best gifts one can give to someone are not things, the best ones to offer are a little Time, Love, Care and Respect.” - Venkat Desireddy

54. “Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.” - Jean Vanier

55. “Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.” - J.D. Greear

56. “We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all.” - William Wilberforce

57. “It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.” - Orrin Woodward

58. “She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.” - Stephen Chbosky

59. “Nein, die Schule hat keinen bestimmenden Einfluss auf meine Entwicklung gehabt. Die Schule hat von meinen besonderen Anlagen wohl instinktiv etwas gespürt, sie aber als obstinate Untauglichkeit gewertet und verworfen. Ein Lehrer drohte, zufällig nicht mir, sondern einem anderen Schüler, mit den Worten: "Ich werde dir deine Karriere schon verderben!" Am gleichen Tag las ich bei Storm den Spruch: "Was du immer kannst, zu werden, scheue Arbeit nicht und Wachen, aber hüte deine Seele vor dem Karrieremachen.” - Thomas Mann

60. “Our lives, as short as they may be, are a test. And one of the biggest tests we can endure is how we respond to those moments when we don’t feel the presence of God in our lives. I believe deeply that one of God’s greatest gifts is to teach us there is a purpose behind every single one of our trials or problems.Treat them as a gift, an opportunity to move forward and draw closer to God. Problems often times compel us to look to God and count on him, rather than ourselves.” - Matt Patterson

61. “Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.” - Dejan Stojanovic

62. “These is nothing divine about deprecating your gifts and talents or diminishing their worth in any way. Shining is sharing an abundance with us all.” - Tama Kieves

63. “No one tape her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way,” - Tama Kieves

64. “The operative word here is 'gifts', plural, meaning not everyone will necessarily have the same combination of gifting that God has ordained for them to utilize in fulfilling their purpose within the Body of Christ. In other words, we all have different gifts and therefore niches within which we fit in The Body of Christ 'universal' ". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]” - R. Alan Woods

65. “Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.” - Theric Jepson

66. “And a young prince must be prudent like that,giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line.” - Seamus Heaney

67. “The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present” - Rasheed Ogunlaru

68. “Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.” - Wayde Goodall

69. “One of the best gifts you can give to someone, is a wider perspective. It's also one of the best gifts you can receive. So if you have given someone a wider perspective, don't feel bad about it (about taking their blindfolds off and having to watch them cringe in the newfound sunlight); I know it's hard, but you're doing them a lasting favor. And a wider perspective can be difficult for you yourself to accept, in the beginning (during the time that you squint while the sunlight stings your own eyes), but later you'll find yourself coming back to it, even if you abandoned it as something worthless; you'll look for it, one day. Or it will grow on you. Perspective.” - C. JoyBell C.

70. “When we must pay the true price for the depletion of nature’s gifts, materials will become more precious to us, and economic logic will reinforce, and not contradict, our heart’s desire to treat the world with reverence and, when we receive nature’s gifts, to use them well.” - Charles Eisenstein

71. “As long as a man has, he must give. And when he has nothing more, he is free. This freedom is far nobler than the former giving, for he no longer gives in accident but in essence, and he no longer gives one gift, but all gifts, and he no longer gives to just one man, but to all men.” - Johannes Tauler

72. “Senior pastors cannot be those who think they can do everything but are willing to let a few people help them. Rather, they are those who know they can’t do everything, don’t want to do everything, and are not willing to do everything; they welcome others to come along-side with their gifts in order to form a powerful team for Christ.” - Sue Mallory

73. “Been eating candies, have you?""You sent those?" She kept her mouth closed as much as possible."Of course." He picked up the brown bad of candy on the table. "What's your..." He trailed off as he weighed the bad in his hands. "Didn't I give you three pounds of candy?"She smiled impishly."You ate half the bag!""Was I supposed to save it?""I would have liked some!""You never told me that.""Because I didn't expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!"She snatched the bag from him and put it on the table. "Well, that just hows poor judgement on your part, doesn't it?” - Sarah J. Maas

74. “I thought... I thought you might..." "Help you? By my grove, I am helping you. You're not starving anymore, are you? <…> You had a dry night's sleep, too, and you're no longer coughing your liver and lights out. Some might count those as mighty gifts indeed.” - Tad Williams

75. “A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.” - Wayne Gerard Trotman

76. “Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else--it presents us with the gift of ourselves.” - Aberjhani