Given Quotes

God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.

A person incapable of imaging another world than given to him by his senses would be subhuman, and a person who identifies his imaginary world with the world of sensory fact has become insane.

The anointing of the Holy Spirit is given to illuminate His Word, to open the Scriptures, and to place the spiritual man in direct communication with the mind of God.

Just as good and virtue, sin and evil can only be given in vigil. Who sleeps, sleeps; for the asleep there is no sin, just as there is no good, nor virtue. There is only sleep.

There is only one standard - a global standard. Be consistent, operate at 100% every single time you're given an opportunity.

God has given me the bread of adversity and the water of trouble.

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

You're never given a dream without the power to make it true.

Such things and deeds as are not written down are covered with darkness, and given over to the sepulchre of oblivion.

Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us.

Take love when love is given.

People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but it's not really worthy of it.

The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.

It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to us to understand.

I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.

I want to make my contribution to humanity so that there will be no more Auschwitzes. Children who are born wanted and are given love and attention will not build concentration camps.

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life

It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.

I think that the great part of creativity is overcoming fear. Fear is a given. When you sit down and have to begin something, don't be afraid to be filled with fear, because it goes with the turf.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a person without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God.

When I was given this job I said I would only teach the people that I truly, truly love. Unfortunately, none of those happen to be Chinese, or women.

People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).

You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.

Laughter is the loaded latency given us by nature as part of our native equipment to break up the stalemates of our lives and urge us on to deeper and more complex forms of knowing.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.

God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.

Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent it must function also as a deflection of reality.

I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.

Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.

Whatever you have been given is what someone needs.