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When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself. — Cate Blanchett

Gift is the blessing of the giver.' The — Frank Herbert

Because God is the giver and source of our life, He has a legitimate claim upon our lives. — Billy Graham

A scientist who writes for a grant has to write subpar papers - so that the grant giver will understand what the paper is about. — Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen. — Lois Lowry

You have the colors," The Giver told him. "And you have the courage. I will help you to have the strength. — Lois Lowry

Do not get attached to that which is given, be attached to the Giver. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious. — Ovid

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. — Thomas A Kempis

Grace makes you gracious. The Giver makes you give. — E. Stanley Jones

To learn to die is to learn to live. Death is the giver of life. — Michael Foley

Givers for God disarm the power of money. — R. Kent Hughes

Thou O Lord, art my Father and Thou my Mother. Thou art the Giver of peace to my soul and very life. — Guru Arjan

Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future. — Jeff Bridges

In his den the monster keep, Giver of eternal sleep. — Sophocles

Food is the all-purpose comforter, the giver of warmth, the source of the artificial yet deeply appreciated sugar high. — Jessica Zafra

Surely I could give him
a sort of contentment ...
That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. — Dodie Smith

Forgive me, giver, if I destroy the gift:
it is so nearly what would please me
I cannot but perfect it — Laura Riding Jackson

For the will and not the gift makes the giver. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Contentment celebrates grace. The contended heart is satisfied with the Giver and is therefore freed from craving the next gift. — Paul David Tripp

What makes false reckoning, as regards gratitude, is that the pride of the giver and the receiver cannot agree as to the value of the benefit. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If we want to know our God-given gifts, we must know the giver. — Eric Samuel Timm

Love is in the giver, not the gift. — William Sloane Coffin

Unsolicited advice is usually more about the needs of the giver than the receiver. — Charles F. Glassman

We like the gift when we the giver prize. — John Sheffield, 1st Duke Of Buckingham And Normanby

Avoid the penalties of the blame game. You were born to be boss player, not a blame giver. Stop the blame! — Israelmore Ayivor

Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver. — A.B. Simpson

The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Call me The Giver," he told Jonas. — Lois Lowry

The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later, the gift of a rich harvest. — Sathya Sai Baba

That was the nature of presents. You kept them in the giver's stead. They were a small part of that person to keep. — Paul Magrs

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself? — John Calvin

People LOVE giving bad news. They love it. This is because negative information GREATLY empowers the giver and makes them feel important. — Chris Hardwick

Thus, as the Buddha said to a lady who offered him a curse,the gift is returned to the giver when it is not accepted — Allen Ginsberg

Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost. — Philip Yancey

True kindness ennobles the giver — Jocelyn Murray

Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

You are not The Giver of My Heart's Desire." I took a deep breath and smiled. "You are my heart's desire. — Julianne Donaldson

Memories are forever~ The Giver — Lois Lowry

Faith is the way we as receivers relate appropriately to God as the giver. It is empty hands held open for God to fill. — Miroslav Volf

Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver. — E. Stanley Jones

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver — Stephen R. Donaldson

Prayer implies surrender to the will of the giver, demand preconceives a right to receive. Pray, my dear, and you shall receive. — Zeina Glo In Beauty Cravings Prayer

He did not really understand the game they were playing: in his world, the best way to get something was to deserve it, not to toady to the giver. — Ken Follett

Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back — Simon Sinek

Respect flows two ways and can mean as much to the giver as to the one receiving. — David Anthony Durham

He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. — Lois Lowry

It is so easy to become more attached to the gifts of God than to the Giver - and even, I should add, to the work of God than to God Himself. — Watchman Nee

The Giver's Fact: No matter what it appears to be, feedback information is almost totally about the giver, not the receiver. — Anonymous

Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life — Fela Kuti

To calculate sacrifice is to attempt to sacrifice safely, and safe sacrifice is one of the most outrageous oxymoron's I can think of. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

APHETA (APHE'TA) n.s.[with astrologers.] The name of the plant, which is imagined to be the giver or disposer of life in a nativity.Dict. — Samuel Johnson

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. — Thomas A Kempis

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness. — Thomas Jefferson

Why do you and I have to hold these memories?" "It gives us wisdom," The Giver replied. — Lois Lowry

Memories are forever. — Lois Lowry

People in the know say 'The Giver' was the first young adult dystopian novel. — Lois Lowry

Nature is good, but intellect is better, as the law-giver is before the law-receiver. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Didn't life consist of the things you did each day? — Lois Lowry

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. — Catherine Hall

Don't let money change your direction; that's the job of the giver of the money. — Israelmore Ayivor

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Seeking rest is like seeking the gift rather than the Giver; you can't receive the gift without first finding the Giver. — Jenari Skye

I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light. — Louis Kahn

Loving service anonymously given may be unknown to man-but the gift and the giver are known to God. — Thomas S. Monson

Often the more lavish the present, the greater the treachery the giver had probably been contemplating. — Alex Rutherford

The gift without the giver is rare. — James Russell Lowell

A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. — Seneca The Younger

Success honors the giver, and the taker is cheated by demise. — T.F. Hodge

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God. — Max Anders

There is no word for the recipient of the love. There is only a word for the giver. There is the assumption that lovers come in pairs. — David Levithan

Perhaps the giver of the name had meant to trick Cheepi, the devil-god, into thinking him unloved and therefore leaving him alone. — Geraldine Brooks

Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. — Charles Spurgeon

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver, and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings. — Edmund Burke

Do you know that I no longer see colors?
Jonas's heart broke. — Lois Lowry

Service heals the recipient and the giver. — Bryant H. McGill

It's just that ... without the memories it's all meaningless. — Lois Lowry

we try so hard to avoid the rest of the year: how do we deal with the God of darkness as well as the Giver of light? — Joan D. Chittister

You don't remember the gifts you are given; you remember the giver and how their love made you feel. — Toni Sorenson

'Snowpiercer' is a little bit more experimental, I think, and crafted for a slightly different audience. 'The Giver' is more about teen angst. — Marco Beltrami

Peacemaking is a noble vocation ... To be a peacemaker, you must know the Peace-Giver. — Billy Graham

For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving. — William Shakespeare

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift! — Joyce Meyer

The critic's hankering to be law-giver rather than servant of literature is irrepressible. — Storm Jameson

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The gift of The Giver is something good and true and beautiful about what is good and true and beautiful in humanity. — Kathryn Jean Lopez

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine. — Thomas Jefferson

The one who teaches is the giver of eyes. — Confucius

The origin of consciousness is the initiation of the sign-user into the world of signs by a sign-giver. — Walker Percy

The Holy Spirit is the Giver of life. — Mike Murdock

Love the giver more than the gift. — Brigham Young

While the Giver archetype is celebrated in our culture, the Receiver is almost wholly unknown. The result? Busyness is a virtue. ~Amanda Owen — Amanda Owen

The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose. — Moses Harvey

Accept the gift and honor the giver. — Mark Deklin

God is the Creator and the Giver of life, and the life that He gives does not run dry. — Brenton Brown

Peace can come to both the giver and the receiver as we follow the promptings of the Spirit to serve one another. — Barbara W. Winder

People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun - the giver of light. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Giving with love is more rewarding for the giver's heart and mind than the receiver — Debasish Mridha