What is bought is cheaper than a gift. – Portuguese Proverb
A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. – Thomas á Kempis
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. – Seneca
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. – Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. – Idries Shah
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. – Max Beerbohm
The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. – Catherine Hall
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. – Author Unknown
The paradox of gifts: I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com
Sometimes you can make people forget the past with a present. – Author Unknown
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gifts dissolve rocks. – Proverb
Gifts make their way through stone walls. – Proverb
He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering. – Proverb
Our gifts seem so small in comparison to God – Eberhard Arnold
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. – Bible
What you are is Gods gift to you, what you do with yourself is your gift to God. – Leo Buscaglia
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? – Marcus Tullius Cicero
