Giving Quotes

The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.

The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.

If you want to have love, you have to open your heart and give love.

You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.

One of the reasons that I'm a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I'm delivering something to the competition that I ought to be giving to a reporter here.

I believe in God, I just give him more credit than being a single parent and an author.

To give you an idea how slowly we are leaving Afghanistan, Afghans don't refer to us anymore as 'infidel crusaders.' They refer to us as 'Irish relatives.'

I was out at the HBO party, these are liberals, I imagine, and a lot of people came up to me and said, "Keep giving it to the president."

We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks.

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.

When I was growing up, I never heard anyone pray, "Give me this day my daily bread." It was always, "Give us this day our daily bread." That stuck. We're all in this together.

I'm not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don't give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.

Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch which the lyre gives back the right note and nothing more, is even a rarer gift than the creative faculty itself.

The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice.

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could.

Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.

Music is 99% of my life. But I know I need a break. Besides, if you give people too much, they start to not want it. We need to restrain ourselves.

If you're just really loud, people just want - will give you what you want just to get you to shut up.

Give your life to Christ, he'll challenge you.

Our world is constantly changing but the needs of our hearts remain the same, and so does God's power to transform our lives and give us hope for the future.

I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.

Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.

Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.

It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise...

The fans are great. They give me that extra edge.

Ryoji: It's either that she doesn't know how to lean on someone or she's simply that selfless. She won't give me a space to worry about her. Beyond that, she'll protect others instinctively.

They're pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

Who confers reputation? who gives respect and veneration to persons, to books, to great men? Who but Opinion? How utterly insufficient are all the riches of the world without her approbation!

Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.

When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.

[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.

Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish they were.

It's not better to give than to receive. It's insane to try to give and not receive.

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part through what you do; but in greatest part through who you are.

Who am I helping, what am I breaking, what am I giving, what am I taking?

Satan will give you a little taste, then he'll move in with rapid speed.

But simply someone who broke the law, came here, say, 'I'll give you citizenship now,' that I don't think is going to happen.

I can't give up Golf, I've got too many sweaters.

To give you an idea of how fast we travelled - we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.

If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.

Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.

The best advice I could give someone trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.

We're taught to trade. We're not taught to give.

Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself

I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly

The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.