Giving Quotes

Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

I've noticed in my life that as you work on more things with more people, you spend less time hanging out with other people who are artists, creative people who give you a sense of family.

Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.

Until I'm over the hill and over the hump; I'm gonna let my music bump and give the people what they want.

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.

For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

Mediation gives you knowledge about God. Obedience gives you knowledge of God.

No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward

Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.

You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope.

Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists.

The Law of the Generic: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.

What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience. It is giving up believing in belief.

It is natural to give a clear view of the world after accepting the idea that it must be clear.

In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god.

The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket.

I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second. Still not sure why I didn't give up. Stubborn, maybe.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.

To dance is to give channel to the Creator.

Here is the riddle of love: Everything it gives to you, it takes away.

If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee.

Freedom, after all, is like love: the more you give to others, the more you have.

Everyday I look forward to bringing a few laughs, giving a little advice and making people feel good about themselves.

The more I give, the more I get.

If my body needs something, I need to give it that.

True knowledge is power; but in order to feel at home with it, we must be constitutionally qualified. And if we are not, it is likely to give the soul such a twist as to deform it forever.

Films were never on my agenda, may be it was written in my destiny. And since I am here, I would like to give it my best try.

As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.

I'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him.

If you know that something is true and just, and you give up, thats when you fail.

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.

If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.

This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero.

As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world.

A year ago, you wanted to give up because we were losing, and now, you want to give up because we're winning.

All Democrats for the last 30 years have tried to stimulate the economy by giving 'tax cuts' to people who don't pay taxes.

God’s not out to get you - He’s out to give to you.

It’s impossible to give thanks and simultaneously feel fear

People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think. In fact, one can even get killed for giving me information. I am not the only one in danger. I have examples that prove it.