Giving Quotes

I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us

I learned to use language like my mother did. I would simulcast, give you the program in your own tongue.

Any man who takes Jesus Christ seriously becomes the target of the devil. Most church members do not give Satan enough trouble to arouse his opposition

It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape.

Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.

If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.

You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.

My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

The reason the factions were evil is because there was no way out of them. They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.

Looks can’t hide your true identity. It’s the eyes that give you away…the soul behind them. The intent. The Shadows.

If I can learn how to manage myself, why would I give you 20 percent and people are looking for me? It just doesn't make sense.

Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

On the field you gives it, you takes it, and yer doon't fookin' groomble!

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.

Business is an establishment that gives you the legal, even though unethical, right to screw the naive-right, left, and in the middle.

The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence.

To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.

Life gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question.

Anything can go away. There's no such thing as safety and security. You can do things that give you the illusion of safety and security, but there's really no such thing.

It is difficult to give children a sense of security unless you have it yourself. If you have it, they catch it from you.

All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

I try to give my kids everything I never had.

In Cuba you get a quarter of a chicken per month. They give you one bread per person a day. So, it makes your life really tough.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

Come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, That one short minute gives me in her sight

Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste.

Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.

The force of his own merit makes his way-a gift that heaven gives for him.

Society gives legitimacy and society can take it away.

Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.

Giving a minimum wage reduces inequality significantly.

Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?

Love is what I give to the one I love.

When we can't dream any longer we die.

In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one.

It's a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else.

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!

That's love, giving everything, sacrificing all without hope of return.

Never give in or give up easily on a cause.

I don't know, if I had the secret recipe that I actually could give everybody, I think it has to do very much with believing in yourself and giving time. Giving time to each member of the family.

If you can't find it in your own heart to be compassionate look in someone else's before giving up on love altogether.