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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. -- Charles Dudley Warner
In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving. -- William Baldwin
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. -- Anatole France
Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing. -- Charles Lamb
What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value. -- Millicent Fawcett
Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good. -- Andrew Taylor Still
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. -- Margaret Mead
Starting in '98 when I was researching 'Traffic,' I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting. -- Stephen Gaghan
A woman of faith is blessed by faithful men in her life who hold the priesthood of God and honor this privilege: her father, bishop, husband, brothers, sons. They value her and the divine gifts given by God to His daughter. They sustain and encourage, and they understand the great mission of her life as a woman. They love her; they bless her. -- Margaret D. Nadauld
There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions. -- E. F. Benson
My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline. -- Geri Halliwell
Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Timely service, like timely gifts, is doubled in value. -- George MacDonald
I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. -- Washington Irving
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. -- Saadi
Women are gifts, open them with care, judge them with leniecy, test and weigh their depths, then accept those with true worth and value. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
It often happens to children - and sometimes to gardeners - that they are given gifts of value of which they do not perceive until much later. -- Wayne Winterrowd

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