Trust me, that for the instructed, time will come
When they shall meet no object but may teach
Some acceptable lesson to their minds
Of human suffering or human joy.
For them shall all things speak of man. [ Wordsworth ]

Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [ Ovid ]

That ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. [ Bible ]

Those presents are always the most acceptable which owe their value to the giver. [ Ovid ]

There is nothing in words and styles but suitableness that makes them acceptable and effective. [ Glanvill ]

Prepare the soul calmly to obey; Such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice. [ Metastasio ]

It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice. [ William Penn ]

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. [ Bovee ]

What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does not at all discharge the obliquity of the intent. And the same reason holds good even in religion itself. It is not the incense, or the offering that is acceptable to God, but the purity and devotion of the worshipper. [ Seneca ]