Giving Quotes

Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.

My hopes are that I can give my children security, health, and the confidence to create the life they want and serve others.

Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.

Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, because whoever is silent dissents.

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy.

Doing a scene is like opening a bottle. If it doesn't open one way, try another - perhaps even give it up for another bottle?

I want to say to all the young women out there, as I say to all young people: believe in yourselves, follow your passion and never give up, because you will create a future filled with possibility.

When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody.

God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

Doing good for the community is something that should be a part of who you are. The more you get, the more you should give back.

Nothing agrees with me. If I drink coffee, it gives me dyspepsia; if I drink wine, it gives me the gout; if I go to church, it gives me dysentery.

He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.

If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.

Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.

Giving out crowns to everyone will not make a nation of kings.

Eccentricity gives misfits a way of fitting in.

Money gives me more energy than all the Granola bars in the world.

The songs that give you the most trouble become your best songs.

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.

Give me open hands and open doors.

Let others make war, you happy Austria marry, for kingdoms given to others by Mars, Venus will give to you.

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.

Gardening gives one back a sense of proportion about everything - except itself.

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

I will take all the steps necessary to give the NHS at least another £100million per week by 2020.

You want what you create to live, and I give my all in my work because I want it to live.

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it’s come to the point where they don’t need to give any reason at all.

Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves.

The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.

A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.

One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.

I'd like to be remembered as a good person, that gave as much as she could with what she had to give.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

[M]ost of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action. (68).

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.

Don't give up on God, because God will not give up on you.

When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

I am always the Baywatch girl at heart. The rock 'n' roll got harder and softer but I wouldn't give up those times for anything.

Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.