Giving Quotes

[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?

In a mystery, you must play fair by giving all the clues, but disguise them by immediately distracting the reader with something else.

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.

I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it doesn't come out the right way.

Were talking about an attitude. Delayed gratification is there, planning, be able to give up something now to get something later.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.

Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it.

God gives us resources according to our dreams and according to our obedience. And God doesn't give those resources until we've started walking in obedience.

God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.

The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.

Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'.

You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.

We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things.

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

Misery loves company, particularly when she is herself the hostess, and can give generously of her stores to others.

Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.

The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.

Write more. That's the advice I would give myself.

Give something that wasn't expected.

Give paint a chance to show itself entirely as paint.

It’s disturbing that people are questioning my sanity for giving up the money. What does that say about our world?

The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?

If you vote for Democrats, you might as well give Al Quaeda a death ray and a manual.

The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.

On speaking: first, have something to say; second, say it; third, stop when you have said it; and finally give it an accurate title.

Have you been working on Sunday? Have you been buying or selling without necessity in the course of this holy day? Give to the poor some alms which will exceed the profit you have made.

There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.

Thank you Dad... for listening and caring, for giving and sharing, but, especially, for just being you! Happy Birthday to you

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

Having money gives me the freedom to worry about the things that really matter.

A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers give him.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.

When you can give without expecting anything in return, you have mastered the art of living.

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion?

Our fans make the band. What they give we give right back. They're an integral part of us. They ARE us.

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest.

To drink is to warm the heart; without dispelling reason, it gives reason to life.

In these years we are witnessing the gigantic spectacle of innumerable human lives wandering about lost in their own labyrinths, through not having anything to which to give themselves.

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Don't assume that your personal moral compass, however admirable it may be, will always give you the right answer to complicated questions that require in-depth analysis.

The poor never have enough for themselves ... but always have enough to give away.

Nothing annoys a 'progressive' like refugees from Communism, who give the lie to the Great Socialist Dream.

Seize the moment – don’t wait for anyone to give you permission.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.