Giving Quotes

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

There is no comfort looking forth nor back, The present gives the lie to all her past.

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

When you're excited about what you do, and nobody gotta give you a dime, that's next level.

Time is anonymous; when we give it a face, it's the same face the world over.

You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting wee creatures without compromising their radical credentials

God gives us the grace to accomplish what He calls us to do. His commands are also His promise of victory.

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart.

Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.

I don't know, but I stepped on a scale that gives fortunes and the card read Come back in 15 minutes alone.

To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.

Facts themselves do not give knowledge

I would love to be remembered as someone who inspired young girls never to give up on their dreams.

Some people hate Jews. Fine, alright it's been done. I mean, that's part of my problem with it. Could you hate somebody new? I'm not giving you any suggestions but the Belgians have had a good run.

If you decide that you cannot beat a temptation, what you are really doing is giving yourself permission to be irresponsible.

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.

Oh, do you want protectionism? No, I don't. I just don't want to give my country away to China.

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is hanging on for dear life or they give up.

The first is wake up in the morning and be grateful you are here, alive and healthy. And the second is: Give.

I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.

The real message of Christmas is not the gifts that we give to each other. Rather, it is a reminder of the gift that God has given to each of us. It is the only gift that truly keeps on giving.

My philosophy is "Where is it written that at 40 you give up all your toys?" If I'm still having a great time doing something, I'm going to keep on doing it.

If you give someone Fortran, he has Fortran. If you give someone Lisp, he has any language he pleases

Give more than you get. Everyday. Everywhere. With everyone. Always.

I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects anything that will not give people room for dissent.

Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.

I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.

A motel is where you give up good dollars for bad quarters.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.

If I had to give a definition of happiness, it would be this: happiness needs nothing but itself; it doesn’t have to be validated.

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.

It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.

I always wished my dad was there to intimidate my boyfriends or something. It's supposed to be your dad giving your guys friends the stink-eye for sneaking beer through your house, not your mom.

The business of philosophy is not to give rules, but to analyze the private judgments of common reason.

My advice to this investor is the same that I give to the young investors in my classes Devote the same earnest attention to investing that $50,000 as you devoted to earning it.