Given Quotes

Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth.

All is foreseen but the choice is given.

I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.

I'm not perfect, but if there are any points given for caring about people with every fiber of your being and giving life all you've got every day, then I suppose I have a shot.

Everyone's doing the best they can with the tools they were given.

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.

God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.

As long as I continue to breathe, as long as there's injustice in this world, I will use the voice that God has given me to speak against it.

'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.

While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me.

The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset - that singing of Te Deum before the battle has begun.

Given the nature of market, the chance of a crash is always greater than the chance of an overnight runaway euphoria.

Don't wait until life has given you an expiration date to live.

I am doing the best I can given what I have today.

When I write, I strain with every wizened fibre of my weathered frame to analyze every possible angle of any given subject.

We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as our Savior, it's a new life. That's what "born again" means.

When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.

Given the world that he created, it would be an impiety against God to believe in him.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. It is given to formulating its beliefs in terms of Either/Ors, between which it recognizes no intermediate possibilities.

The song is just the given. It's how you cover it that matters.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

What a fantastic honour to be given the opportunity to write a column in the first ever 'Sunday Sun.'

I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren't given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren't working.

The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given.

Sometimes something as simple as going for a 20-minute jog on any given day is important. Keeps your body moving and legs from getting stiffened up from doing high-intensity workouts during the week.

A certain kind of permission is given to live differently, to conceptualize and to act according to a new conceptualization.

If god had meant us to use the metric system he would have given us ten finger and ten toes.

Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end.

And I've been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most important moments in modern American political life.

I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.

I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who hurts is me...!

I mean, the radical contingency that is - that exists and the fact that I'm going into the streets and finding random strangers any given day - who's in these streets that day?

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

... and holy hell the chocolate is so intense and pure it should be named an element and given a spot on the periodic table. It would be Ch, which isn't even taken.

Fortunately, I was given an incredible foundation from my independent mother. She showed me what was possible from a strong, loving woman.

To some people Love is given, To others Only Heaven.

Brian Turner has given us not so much a memoir as a mediation, rendered with grace and wit and wisdom. If you want to know what modern soldiers see when they look at their world, read this book.

Oh that moment when Daniel thought he’d lost her to Cam’s starshot! His wings hat felt too heavy to lift. Colder than death. In that instant , he’d given up all hope.

I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us.

Go take the mother's soul, and learn three truths: Learn What dwells in man, What is not given to man , and What men live by . When thou hast learnt these things, thou shalt return to heaven.

The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions.

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

I think of the words of the prophet . . . : And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of Him, this is the testimony, last of all, that we give of Him: That He lives.

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.

I'm happy, certainly, given the times we're living in, to be doing OK, and to not be worrying about money, and to be producing something I enjoy.

While I never served in uniform, I fully understand the great service and sacrifice that our brave men and women have given to our country.

Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.