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A gift of excellence is designed to stretch your ability to soar like an eagle. By Euginia Herlihy Eagle Gift Excellence Designed Stretch

She received it as a god is received, By Pauline Reage Received God

Freely we received, freely we give. By Lailah Gifty Akita Freely Received Give

To bestow on your fellow men is a Godlike attributeSo indeed it is and as such not one fit for mortality;the giver, like Adam and Prometheus, must pay the penalty of rising above his nature by being the martyr of his own excellence. By Mary Shelley Prometheus Godlike Adam Mortality Giver

I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsom and jetsom in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. By Martin Luther King Jr. Accept Refuse Faith America Award

To receive this incredible gift all you have to do is follow four simple steps: 1) desire it; 2) know it; 3) grow in its virtue; 4) live it. By Joseph Iannuzzi Steps Desire Grow Virtue Live

To a Certain Cantatrice Here, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old cause, the great idea, the progress and freedom of the race, Some brave confronter of despots, some daring rebel; But I see that what I was reserving belongs to you just as much as to any. By Walt Whitman Speaker Reserving Cantatrice Gift Hero

To award prizes is to attempt to control the course of another man's work. It is a bid to have him do what you will approve. It affects not only the one who wins the award, but all those who in any measure strive for it. By Robert Henri Work Prizes Attempt Control Man

Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet-praise of their pupils' progress. By Charlotte Bronte Sir Cadeau Progress Obliged Meed

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Gifts Forms Peculiar

Greatness is earned, not given. By J. J. Watt Greatness Earned

He is invited to do great things who receives small things greatly. By Cassiodorus Greatly Things Invited Great Receives

To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour. By John G. D. Clark Dutchman Europe Honour Awarded Prize

Q: WHAT WAS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL TIME? By Anonymous Time Greatest Gift

You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his magnanimity. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Person Give Magnanimous Magnanimity Served

I have no wish to win an award that would be tainted, By Melky Cabrera Tainted Win Award

But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! By William Cowper Thou Thyself Thy Giver Good

The great, the rich, the powerful, too often bestow their favours upon their inferiors in the manner they bestow their scraps upontheir dogs, so as neither to oblige man nor dogs. It is no wonder if favours, benefits, and even charities thus bestowed ungraciously, should be as coldly and faintly acknowledged. By Lord Chesterfield Dogs Bestow Great Rich Powerful

Gifts become curses when they're not given their due respect. By Dannika Dark Gifts Respect Curses Due

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver By Stephen R. Donaldson Giver Gift Honor Accepting

I believe that every Nobel Laureate has the feeling that this prize is really a gift - because nobody can or should work just for this prize. By Klaus Von Klitzing Nobel Laureate Prize Gift Feeling

True kindness ennobles the giver By Jocelyn Murray True Giver Kindness Ennobles

I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development. By Frank B. Kellogg Development Gift Gave Opportunity Accept

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it. By Joyce Maynard Person Deserves Loyalty Receives

When I discovered that I had been made custodian of this gift, in my earliest childhood, I pledged myself to God to be worthy of it, but I have received uncovenanted mercies all my life. The custodian has too often kept faith on his all-too-worldly terms. By Igor Stravinsky God Gift Childhood Life Custodian

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded. By Charles Lamb Merit God Rewarded

To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving. By Deepak Chopra Giving Graciously Receive Expression Dignity

It had borne the burden, it had earned the honor - By Mark Twain Burden Honor Borne Earned

Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants. By Plato Honored Account Forefathers Satisfied Man

From self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; By Lao-Tzu Selfboasting Acknowledged Merit

A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them. By Samuel Johnson Wealth Morsels Riot Continual Feast

When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You've just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan [Freeman] says, it's a pat on the back, so great you'll take it and then move on. By Clint Eastwood Award Wrong Freeman Morgan Bear

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify. By J.g. Holland God Benefactor Almoner Wealth World

The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But I came to the conclusion that I should accept awards in the name of the poorest poor, as a form of homage to them. I think that basically, when awards are given to me, the existence of the poor in the world is being recognized. By Mother Teresa Surprised Time Received Accept Awards

For Lady Elaine, from her brother, Sir William, By Eli Easton Elaine Sir William Lady Brother

In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself. By John Steinbeck Nobel Reverence Heart Doubt Deserve

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself. By Baruch Spinoza Blessedness Virtue Reward

A gift twice given is a gift most cherished By R. Alan Woods Gift Cherished

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. By Marcus Tullius Cicero Honourable Science Praise Mention Encourages

A great gift is an answer waiting for a question. By Kevin Kling Question Great Gift Answer Waiting

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men ... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. By Martin Van Buren Men Illustrious Tread Footsteps Predecessor

This gift cannot be worked for, earned, or achieved. It's not dependent on our merit or effort but solely on Christ's generous sacrifice on our behalf. By Randy Alcorn Earned Achieved Gift Worked Christ

If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential By Sunday Adelaja Gift Influential Submit

The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past. By Edward M. Purcell Prize Nobel Earn Past Long

Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously. By Michael Josephson Gratitude Sincerely Expressed Graciously Felt

When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself. By Cate Blanchett Precious Gift Difficult Give Rare

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. By Plato Hereditary Descendants Honors Noble Splendid

Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors. By Marcel Proust Position Read Honors Prize Lower

Give and ye shall receive. By Bram Cohen Give Receive

The prestige of the Nobel Prize is such that one is suddenly promoted to a new status. By Luis Federico Leloir Nobel Prize Status Prestige Suddenly

It turns out that a Nobel is also followed by other recognitions, and perhaps the most unexpected of these is that the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo has now made me an honorary 7th-degree black belt, something that, given my athletic abilities, is even more unimaginable than being an Economic Sciences Laureate. By Alvin E. Roth Laureate Nobel Japan Karate Association

The prize of all too precious you. By William Shakespeare Prize Precious

Do not seek recognition or gratification from man - serve the Lord. He knows how to reward everyone By Sunday Adelaja Lord Man Serve Seek Recognition

Love gives. It's given. By Toba Beta Love

COMMENDATION n. The tribute that we pay to achievements that resembles but do not equal our own. By Ambrose Bierce Commendation Tribute Pay Achievements Resembles

I didn't accept it. I received it. By Richard Allen Accept Received

Give me prize, save your praise. By Toba Beta Give Prize Save Praise

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely. By Cleopatra Yielded Honour Conquered

Become a gift in the lives of others and you will always be well received. By Bryant Mcgill Received Gift Lives

If you give, you will be blessed. By Joel Osteen Give Blessed

Our receiving expands with our gratitude. By Bryant Mcgill Gratitude Receiving Expands

You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted! By Paul Tillich Accepted Greater Find Simply Seek

Blessed are the generous, for they know their riches belong to others. Blessed By Tony Hendra Blessed Generous Riches Belong

Whoever gives reverence receives reverence By Rumi Reverence Receives

No person was ever honored for what he recieved. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. By Calvin Coolidge Recieved Person Honored Honor Gave

The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth. By Ignatius Of Loyola Heaven Earth Acknowledgment Gratitude Favors

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. By Lucius Annaeus Seneca Bounty Pride Ostentation Ambition

Are you breathing? Are you here? Did you just take a breath? Are you about to take another? Do you have a habit of regularly doing this? Gift. Gift. Gift. Whatever else has happened in your life - failure, pain, heartache, abuse, loss - the first thing that can be said about you is that you have received a gift. Often By Rob Bell Gift Breathing Breath Failure Pain

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. By John Dryden Merit Averse Proud Modesty Resolved

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.' By C.s. Lewis God Gratitude Exclaims Properly Good

Shall receive a blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation By Sarah Price Lord God Salvation Receive Blessing

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it. By Pierre Charron Receives Benefit Forget Bestows Remember

There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor. By Moliere Delightful Exquisite Honor Reward Pleasure

You can't earn honour by getting an award from a dishonourable person! You only earn dishonour! By Mehmet Murat Ildan Person Earn Honour Award Dishonourable

King granted my requests, for I was graciously strengthened by my God. By Anonymous God King Requests Granted Graciously

Awards are lovely and always welcome. By Max Von Sydow Awards Lovely

Gifts are rarely appreciated,' Arathan said, and in his mind he was remembering his first night with Feren. 'And the one who receives knows only confusion. At first. And then hunger... for more. And in that hunger, there is expectation, and so the gift ceases being a gift, and becomes payment, and to give itself becomes a privilege and to receive it a right. By this all sentiment sours. By Steven Erikson Arathan Feren Appreciated Rarely Mind

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Flowing Gift True Correspondent Giver

For everything I have given I have received much more in return By Gordon Mcilwraith Return Received

Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. By Ignatius Of Loyola Lord Receive Liberty Memory Understanding

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart. By Alethea Kontis Gifts Words Carried Power Great

Words are gold, split and shared as coinage, small pebbles, emblems offered back and forth-given, received; given, received-expanding the vocabulary of the soul By Michael O'brien Received Words Gold Split Coinage

It's a little weird that I'm getting an award for being nice and generous and kind ... which is what we're all supposed to do for one another. That's the point of being human. I think that kindness is an innate quality that we all have. We need to see more of it in the world. I want everyone to know that we all really, really love one another. Deep down, we all love one another. We need to get back to that. My wish is that we all try. By Ellen Degeneres Kind Weird Award Nice Generous

For the mighty, even to give away is grace. By Aeschylus Mighty Grace Give

Then claim it my pretty knight," she whispered- weeping with joy. "Claim your prize ... claim me as your token of favour ... for I have ever been yours, Broderick. By Marcia Lynn Mcclure Claim Knight Whispered Weeping Joy

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards. By J.r.r. Tolkien Praise Rewards Praiseworthy

How long will you carry this burden - the fame you earned by frivolous alms? Give it to him who owns the whole, the Lord of earth and the skies above. By Preeth Nambiar Burden Alms Long Carry Fame

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. By Denzel Washington God Award Reward Mother Man

Thou gavest; and to my nurses willingly to give me what Thou gavest them. For they, with a heaven-taught affection, willingly gave me what they abounded with from Thee. By Augustine Of Hippo Thou Gavest Thee Willingly Nurses

An honor is not diminished for being shared. By Lois Mcmaster Bujold Shared Honor Diminished

God be thanked for that good and perfect gift, the gift unspeakable: His life, His love, His very self in Jesus Christ. By Maltbie Davenport Babcock Christ Jesus Gift God Unspeakable

It's about people coming to an understanding, a realisation that we must bridge the gap, build bridges and make people aware of what's happening. The award gives me the kind of pride and understanding that most people wouldn't think of. It is strengthening the Yolgnu people, but it's also giving strength to Balanda people who otherwise don't have that kind of understanding ... By Mandawuy Yunupingu People Understanding Gap Build Happening

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve. By Joe Nichols Lord Deserve Blessed

Darwin Award. That's not a real award, it's a joke. They give them to people who die doing something so stupid that it counts as a service to humanity. By Gregg Dunnett Award Darwin Joke Humanity Real

When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing! By Watchman Nee Blessing Possess Fruit Service Proportion

gave him. So we have the By Dee Henderson Gave

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. By Ben Jonson Burdens Envy Loads Great Honours

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue. By Charles Dudley Warner Itsvalue Excellence Gift Lies Appropriateness

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings,a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate. By Hannah More Removal Raises Price Blessing Continuance

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging. By Andrew Weil Giving Activity Gifts Fundamental Humanity