
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 225.
Variant: 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
Source: One Day
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 225.
Quoted in "The Monk might make sense" http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-monk-might-make-sense-20100127-mz0v.html#ixzz249o58Ykh, The Age, January 28, 2010.
2010
Candle in the Wind
Song lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”
“Believing in yourself is the greatest gift you can give to your life.”
From the Aphorisms http://www.prevale.net/aphorisms.html page of the official website of Prevale
Original: (it) Credere in te stesso è il regalo più grande che puoi fare alla tua vita.
From article "In Defense of Curiosity" appearing in The Saturday Evening Post 208 (August 24, 1935); 8-9, 64-66. As cited in What I Hope to Leave Behind, The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt Edited by Alida M. Black, p 20.
As quoted in Todays Health (October 1966)
“One of the greatest gifts you can give is
your undivided attention.”
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”