“Just take in peace what gifts the gods will send.”

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”

Hans Urs Von Balthasar (1905–1988) Swedish Catholic theologian

“When you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if he sends,
Not diamonds, pearls or riches,
but the love of real true friends.”

Helen Steiner Rice (1900–1981) American poet

“This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

“What God sends is welcome.”

John Herschel (1792–1871) English mathematician, astronomer, chemist and photographer

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“Who God doth late and early pray,
More of his grace than gifts to send,
And entertains the harmless day
With a well-chosen book or friend.”

Henry Wotton (1568–1639) English ambassador

“A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.”

Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor

“Our talents are the gift that God gives to us… What we make of our talents is our gift back to God”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him.”

T.D. Jakes (1957) American bishop