Giftie Quotes & Sayings

O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion. — Robert Burns

Matt, he say that a giftie makes a person like you best of all." Kira sighed in exasperation. "No, that's not the way it is. A gift - " She gave up. "Never mind. Tell us where he went." "He be getting you some blue!" "Blue? What do you mean?" "Dunno, miss. But Matt, he said it. He be saying they got blue yonder, and he be getting you some. — Lois Lowry

Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse. This applies even to the popular conception of beauty, as in material things or works of art. So does the truly beautiful need anything beyond itself? No more than law, no more than truth, no more than kindness or integrity. Which of these things derives its beauty from praise, or withers under criticism? Does an emerald lose its quality if it is not praised? And what of gold, ivory, purple, a lyre, a dagger, a flower, a bush? — Marcus Aurelius

One God idea is worth more than a thousand good ideas. — Mark Batterson

Remorse is extremely useful for a generation which has in fact dirtied its hands but for the next generation you cannot ask, for instance, young Germans today to feel guilty about Hitlerism. — Pascal Bruckner

As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear. — Robert Southwell

Happiness just doesn't happen. You have to force yourself. — Stewart Rahr

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House. — Eleanor Clift

Truth in our ideas means their power to work. — William James

Oh would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us. — Robert Burns

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears. — Ann Radcliffe

She finds this objectivity of hers, this clarity, almost more depressing than she can bear, not because there is anything hideous or repellant about this man but because he has now returned to the ordinary level, the level of things she can see, in all their amazing and complex particularity, but cannot touch. — Margaret Atwood

Now, I looked across the Plattsburgh train depot and swelled with indulgent love at Ev's grumpy scowl. — Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Marriage is like war - an experience that no adventurous man would evade, and no sensible man repeat. — Ursula Parrott

The fashion industry now has a direct relationship with its customers. Thanks to things like Twitter, ideas can be shared and circulated. — Stefano Gabbana