Giving Quotes

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

The greatest gift that one human being can give another is unconditional love. It's the only thing, ultimately, that really matters.

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

God gives us hopes and dreams for certain things to happen in our lives, but He doesn't always allow us to see the exact timing of His plan.

You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

I would never give artificial birth control to an unmarried person.

If money does not make you happy, give it back

The blessing is not about being able to receive as much as it is being in a position to give back to others.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

For the gods, instead of what is most pleasing, will give what is most proper. Man is dearer to them than he is to himself.

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

We wanted technology to go away and for us to experience what it gives us, in a direct link, without any interface

The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.

I'm generally interested in what people believe and what works for them, what gives them hope, what inspires them, no matter what it is.

Just play with sincerity, give the performance of your life with everything you've got.

You are your best self when you give yourself away.

Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time.

Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.

I love the idea of being without an identity, it gives me a lot of room to play around; but it makes me dizzy, having nowhere to hang my hat.

I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.

Be bold, and try not to fall in love with your faults. Don't be so afraid of giving yourself away, either, for if yo write, you must. And if you can't face that, better not write.

If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being.

I'm sorry," I say. "I didn't give you everything you wanted. I wasn't everything you wanted. You were everything I wanted.

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

Having been a cheerleader, I know all too well what these girls give up to join forces and compete.

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

When you give a little of yourself to a child, you give a little of yourself to their future !

The banks should give a full, fair, and accurate account of their financial positions and they are failing that test.

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

You read nothing if you dare not giving any judgement.

I'd like to give the audience what they've always wanted to see and also I want to give the audience what they've never seen. It's these two things I'm striving for.

Good for Matt Lauer. I don't know why everyone is so critical because they thought that he was just gonna attack and bash [Donald] Trump and give Hillary [Clinton] a pass.

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

Don't give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.

I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate

When a person is dispossessed of his land, there is a reaction and you have to deal with the reaction properly. You just can't deal with the reaction by giving him money.

There will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

Reading will give you lasting pleasure.

You have to give respect to get respect.

In observing the Sabbath, one is both giving a gift to God and imitating Him.

Hiding our true thoughts and feelings is just one example of how we give our power away.

People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed.

The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism.