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126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

A gift is one of the best ways to tell someone you care about them, and that sentiment doesn’t get old year after year.

These quotes about gifts are perfect to celebrate the special people in your life and brighten their day.

Whether you’re searching for gift quotes or just want to show your loved ones how much you care, these gift quotes from some of the world’s most famous people are sure to warm their hearts, whether they’re opening presents on Christmas morning or celebrating an anniversary with dinner and wine.

To help you pick out the perfect gifts for your loved ones, here are some of the best gift quotes, including some of my personal favorites!

You can send these quotes to your loved ones through Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, or even print them out to include in your loved one’s card or scrapbook!

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Best Gift Quotes

Short Gift Quotes for Every Occasion

Your personal truth is your gift to the world. ―Jennifer Elisabeth

Your personal truth is your gift to the world. ―Jennifer Elisabeth, 126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. ―John Wesley

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. ―John Wesley, Best Gift Quotes

Beauty is a fragile gift. ―Ovid

Beauty is a fragile gift. ―Ovid, 126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. ―Erma Bombeck

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. ―Erma Bombeck, Best Gift Quotes

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. ―Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. ―Ralph Waldo Emerson, Best Gift Quotes

A book is a gift you can open again and again. ―Garrison Keillor

A book is a gift you can open again and again. ―Garrison Keillor, Best Gift Quotes

Life is an amazing gift from God to mankind. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is an amazing gift from God to mankind. ―Lailah Gifty Akita, Best Gift Quotes

A gift of truth is the gift of love. ―David Icke

 A gift of truth is the gift of love. ―David Icke, 126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

In accepting the gift, you honor the giver. ―Stephen R. Donaldson

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver. ―Stephen R. Donaldson, Best Gift Quotes

Your gift is not what you do but what you are. ―Sunday Adelaja

Your gift is not what you do but what you are. ―Sunday Adelaja, Best Gift Quotes

The most precious gift of life is to be alive. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

 The most precious gift of life is to be alive. ―Lailah Gifty Akita, Best Gift Quotes

Trust God with the life He gave you. ―TemitOpe Ibrahim

Trust God with the life He gave you. ―TemitOpe Ibrahim, Best Gift Quotes

Love the giver more than the gift. ―Brigham Young

Love the giver more than the gift. ―Brigham Young, 126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

Let my heart be wise. It is the Gods’ best gift. ―Euripides

Let my heart be wise. It is the Gods’ best gift. ―Euripides, Best Gift Quotes

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ―Pierre Corneille

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ―Pierre Corneille, Best Gift Quotes

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

The gift without the giver is rare. ―James Russell Lowell, Best Gift Quotes

A friend is a gift you give yourself. ―Robert Louis Stevenson

A friend is a gift you give yourself. ―Robert Louis Stevenson, Best Gift Quotes

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered. ―Ken Venturi

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered. ―Ken Venturi, 126 Best Gift Quotes That Will Make Your Loved Ones Smile

Best Gift Quotes to Give and Receive This Year

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ―Mother Teresa

Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow. ―Anthony Robbins

Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow. ―Anthony Robbins

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself. ―Walter Anderson

The most considerate gift you can offer to someone who gave you advice is to not saddle them with the fallout of you ignoring it. ―Alan Robert Neal

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. ―Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. ―Abraham Lincoln

Breath in, take what life hands you; hold it, accept it; breathe out, let it go. ―Susan Gable

There’s no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better. ―Gloria Steinem

It’s so tempting to resist a little gift when you’re expecting the otherwise. ―Toba Beta

You have been blessed with the gift of life, it is your duty to help others. We are all responsible for one another. ―Kamand Kojouri

Best Gift Quotes for Every Occasion

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. ―John Ruskin

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. ―Richard Bach

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. ―Richard Bach

Some gifts are big. Others are small. But the ones that come from the heart are the best gifts of all. ―Tinku Razoria

Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love. ―Leo Buscaglia

Keep the faith. It is the greatest gift. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Nothing invests life with more meaning than the realization that every moment of sentience is a precious gift. ―Steven Pinker

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention. ―Jim Rohn

The secret of success lies in the perfection of one’s gift and working frantically towards God’s given potential. ―Sunday Adela

It’s so tempting to resist a little gift when you’re expecting the otherwise. ―Toba Beta

The priceless gifts are freely given by the Creator. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

I believe the best gift you could ever give a woman is your time. ―Ziad K. Abdelnour

Best Gift Quotes to Help You Pick the Perfect Present

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is, in reality, great, if it is given with affection. ―Pindar

Love is the greatest gift; we can give to one another. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Today is a gift. Today is all I have. I will be fully awake today. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Today is non-refundable. Therefore, I’d better live it in a manner that a refund is unnecessary. ―Craig D. Lounsbrough

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ―Winston Churchill

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it. ―Florence Nightingale

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

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ―Kahlil Gibran

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect. ―Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect. ―Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The greatest gift is the ability to forget to forget the bad things and focus on the good. ―Joe Biden

Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it’s yours to share with the world. ―Chris Burkmenn

My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages. ―Fran Drescher

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. ―Bil Keane

Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all. ―Gloria Gaither

What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God. ―Hans Urs von Balthasar

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place. ―Jane Goodall

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ―Marian Anderson

Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. ―Walter Savage Landor

Use your unique gifts and talents to make a difference in the world. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. ―Meryl Streep

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. ―Meryl Streep

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ―Desmond Tutu

The real gift of life is not what you give, but who you become in the process of giving. ―Debasish Mridha

Every day, God grants us the precious gift of life. Yet every day, we squander it with our selfish, petty concerns, rather than helping someone as He helps us. ―Kirn Hans

A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love, we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers – the experience of knowing we always belong. ―Bell Hooks

You become what you digest into your spirit. Whatever you think about, focus on, read about, talk about, you’re going to attract more of into your life. Make sure they’re all positive. ―Germany Kent

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ―Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. ―Thomas Hughes

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ―David Viscott

Memory was a curse, yes, he thought, but it was also the greatest gift. Because if you lost memory, you lost everything. ―Anne Rice

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present. ―Joan Rivers

Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It’s nothing I work real hard at doing. ―Erykah Badu

The best gift you can give someone is a part of your soul. ―Jane Seymour

The best gift you can give someone is a part of your soul. ―Jane Seymour

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. ―Hubert H. Humphrey

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self-reflective. ―Randy Pausch

You have been waiting for a gift all the while, but you forgot that you are the gift – unwrap the gem within and shine! ― Bernard Kelvin Clive

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence. ―Thich Nhat Hanh

The best gift, and investment, you can give your child is your time. ―Kevin Heath

Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free. ―Jenny Valentine

The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime. ―Sogyal Rinpoche

The best gifts in the world are not in the material objects one can buy from the store, but in the memories, we make with the people we love. ―Amanda

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ―Desmond Tutu

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful. ―Jon Taffer

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. ―Joel Osteen

Everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift. ―Paulo Coelho

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. ―Steve Prefontaine

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. ―Steve Prefontaine

Forgiveness is the one gift you don’t give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free. ―Shannon Alder

Best Gift Quotes for Everyone

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. ―Charles M. Schulz

Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people. ―Michelle Obama

Realize that your gift does not belong merely to you. ―Sunday Adelaja

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. ―Richard Moss

To live truly, one must consider each and everything a blessing. ―Kamand Kojouri

The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive. ―Ray Bradbury

There are souls in this world who have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and leaving it behind them when they go. ―Frederick William Faber

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ―Emile Zola

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart. ―Sarah Ban Breathnach

Expressing gratitude to others is a gift to them. Experiencing gratitude is a gift to yourself. ―Michael Josephson

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you. ―Joyce Meyer

Celebration and laughter are two of the richest gifts of life. ―Amy Leigh Mercree

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving. ―William Baldwin

The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see. ―Albert Einstein

Comparison is a waste of energy. Every individual is unique with unique talents. Find your passion and live your best life. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success! ―David O. McKay

Life is defined by time. Time-defined moments. Time is a priceless gift. ―Lailah Gifty Akita

Every new breath and day is an opportunity to do something, a gift of life to make a difference in the world. ―Kaleb Kilton

I’m not really religious, but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God. ―Christina Aguilera

With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing. ―Catherine Doherty

With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing. ―Catherine Doherty

Beauty is a gift, just like good health or intelligence. The only thing is not to be proud of being beautiful. Because you didn’t do anything – it was given to you. ―Monica Bellucci

I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we’d be in good shape. ―Alex Ebert

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ―Mary Oliver

Best Gift Quotes to Inspire You This Holiday Season

Love can be a natural endowment, a present, or a gift. If it is not just a donation, it can be a divine talent. Since love is a silver bullet, it can make the unimaginable possible through the power of its inspiration. ―Erik Pevernagie

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain. ―Joyce Cary

Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. ―Leo Buscaglia

Life is a gift, make good memories out of each moment. ―Martin Ugwu

Life is a gift, make good memories out of each moment. ―Martin Ugwu

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FAQs

What are some of the best gift quotes?

Some of my favorite gift quotes are:
* The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. ―Rick Warren
* The greatest gift is our own eyes, sense of smell, and abilities to deduce. ―Patricia Cornwell
* God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ―Voltaire

What is your favorite Christmas gift quote?

* The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. ―Buddy the Elf
This quote from Buddy the Elf is one of my favorites because it captures the true meaning of Christmas—spreading happiness and cheer.

What is your favorite New Year gift quote?

My favorite New Year gift quote is:
A gift is a blessing that you give to yourself and to the world. ―Eckhart Tolle

Conclusion

Hope you enjoyed these best gift quotes.

I hope they will make your loved ones smile this holiday season.

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