Giving Quotes

Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream - of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete - lives the rest of their life with a sense of loss, with nagging what ifs.

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.

Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.

Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.

at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder

I felt like it was a sense of duty for me to give these women a voice.

Would you mind getting off that fly paper and giving the flies a chance?" "Ahhh, you can't trick me! Flies don't read papers!

When you give people too many choices it makes them hesitate and not buy stuff.

All four Gospels agree in giving us a picture of a very definite personality. One is obliged to say, "Here was a man. This could not have been invented.

Writing does for me what giving milk does for a cow.

I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.

The best gift you can give yourself is an open mind.

Women often approach me with a question- "Will I look like you after I give birth?". I say to them- "Well, have you looked like me before?". People, do not be fooled.

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.

The best date movies give you something to talk about. A movie that's a downer is a great way to find out about someone.

The Lord will give His righteous servants opportunities to be bold as lions when they speak in His name and as witnesses in His priesthood.

When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?

My spirits infallibly rise in proportion to the outward dreariness. Give me the ocean, the desert, or the wilderness!

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

I think books can give rise to empowerment.

The example my parents set, both in and outside of our household, helped me understand that we all have a specific purpose in life--to give back to society.

The 6 elements of life are to laugh, give, share, enjoy, care, and live a strong and full life.

I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

Love is giving up your needs for the sake of someone else, in some other words its sacrifice

‎It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair.

seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga.

Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason.

I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped to give goodness a bad name.

In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.

I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it.

As a class, Jews give three times as much money to charity as anybody else, but they feel guilty about their wealth anyway. They simply can't accept the idea of ever being Republicans.

The New York Times distorts and defrauds the news and then claims to be impartial. They never give an even-handed version of the news - that's the last thing they'd ever do.

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly.

Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.

Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.

It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into selectivity, but into alteration, distortion and outright lying about what did and didn't happen.

[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.

Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge." -Elinor Dashwood

Declare a truce and accept food as a life-giving friend.

The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is the character who doesn't fit the mold.