Given Quotes

When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.

France has given us the best filmmakers and food.

We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.

If God didn't want man to hunt, He wouldn't have given us plaid shirts.

I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me.

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection!

You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels.

Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely read in England, but England never appreciates a poet until he is dead.

Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and goodness, freely and bountifully given to us.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!

A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things - maybe he's just trying to be like his daddy.

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas.

If God wanted us high, He would have given us wings.

If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.

The task I've been given seems absurd: To wait here on earth until I no longer exist.

It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.

Take that which God has given you and share it.

Accepting what we're given is a practice in being present to everything beyond us that lets us become intimate with the nature of life.

I've had experiences in my life where I've met certain people that have opened up something in me and given me hope and a new outlook on life.

Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.

The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.

Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

One's task is not to turn the world upside down, but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.

You have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts.

a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.

The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given.

Your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit.

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.

I had never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love doesn't seem like such a bad way to go.

There are things that are a given, that you've already established, and obviously, visually, certain iconic things that can't be completely removed, like a certain hat or a certain coat in my case.

What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value . . . he has given to me myself.

I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child.

Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle - and not lose it.

Good engineering is characterized by gradual, stepwise refinement of products that yields increased performance under given constraints and with given resources.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.