Giving Quotes
The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.
One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.
Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is best.
The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night gives you an indication of their disaster response.
Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.
Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.
Creativity is the art that can give rise to visionary metaphorical relationships, as opposed to purely psy-chological ones.
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
I said to the players before the start, 'Just go out and give it 100 per cent. I am not asking for any more than that'.
We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose.
Your spirit is the part of you that seeks meaning and purpose. It's the part drawn to hope, that will not give in to despair.
Knowing that every single day is so filled with potential - you cannot wait for life to give you anything. You have no right to feel entitled. You are not entitled to anything.
I decided I was going to be in love. I was going to give it everything I had. It was like heaven on that ranch. I don't know why we broke up. We never fought.
How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.
Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside.
I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.
My fabulous architect godfather and mentor told me once that striving toward a goal - or perfection - gives one focus and direction, which is a helluva lot better than chasing one's tail.
What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?
Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.
Take note that, before going any farther, I will give you the exact proportion of a man. Those of a woman I will disregard, for she does not have any set proportion.
The pack is very important for a dog. Once you give him the right pack and the right energy, you look at him.
Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.
All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber.
I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.
Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.
Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.
To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.
People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.
I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.
Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.
I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.
Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute our very essence.
If you are not going to get a thrill, how can you give someone else one? You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start.
You can't give people pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes people look to their inner strengths and find their own sense of pride
My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that's all.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
Many of us, restless and unfulfilled, see no supreme worth in our lives. We want more out of life. And war, at least, gives a sense that we can rise above our smallness and divisiveness.
I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.
