Giving Quotes

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

Noting all these things with the great delight which learning gives, we cannot but be stirred by these discoveries when we reflect upon the influence of them one by one.

For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it.

To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.

Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation

Only what I am not giving can be lacking in any situation.

Fear is not life-giving enough to sustain itself. We can move in the direction of fear only so long before it brings us to our knees, or to our end.

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is in us. It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we do not have.

It's not about what I can get, it's what I can give.

I definitely enjoy being in front of people which gives me that exciting immediate rush.

So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.

It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.

I think we have to realize that God sometimes gives us more time to pray, and when he does this, we can pray that he will bless those who have opportunities to speak to others.

I try not to have expectations because they can tend to tear you apart. I expect to work as hard as I can possibly work and I expect to give every ounce of a hundred percent.

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.

When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.

It's enough just to speak when spoken to, to give some minimal reaction to a stimulus. But to actually be the stimulus doesn't even occur to me.

Demand no more out of your partner than what you are willing to give yourself.

You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. [Lat., Nolo virum facili redimit qui sanquine famam; Hunc volo laudari qui sine morte potest.]

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis; Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]

This is the risk: the primary word can only be spoken with the whole being. He who gives himself to it may withhold nothing of himself.

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.

You can teach people a lot about craft and various techniques, and you can certainly teach them to appreciate, but you cannot give them spirit or soul if it's not there.

The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.

I can see the immense capacity of business to give leadership.

Give me good digestion, Lord, And also something to digest; but where and how that something comes I leave to Thee, who knoweth best.

If you give up, it's over. But if you don't give up, the day will come when you'll be glad you didn't give up.

A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.

Don't see haters as a reason to give up; instead see them as a sign that you are starting to become successful.

I have but one life to give to adventure. " Alexander Eliot -" Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.

A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them.

I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! "Attempted murder"? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?

I think with the live shows it's giving you that opportunity to do something on stage that you don't normally do.

In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people.

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.

There's one sure way to stop us from scoring ... give us the ball near the goal line.

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

It is always the moralists who do the most harm. Abortion is the logical outcome of civilization, only the jungle gives birth and moulders away as nature decrees. Man plans.

Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up!

You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.

The tougher the form the easier it is for me to handle the poem, because the form gives permission to be very gut honest about feelings.

letters are so much easier than living. One can give one's best.

A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward; to reset oneself by an inner compass.