Giving Quotes

It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong.

The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.

Giving is the safety valve that releases the excess pressure of wealth.

Give worshipfully. Our giving is a reflexive response to God's grace. It doesn't come out of our altruism - it comes out of the transforming work of Christ in us.

Give deliberately. Giving is at its best when it's a conscious effort that's repeatedly made.

The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.

Give. Giving affirms Christ's lordship. It dethrones me and exalts Him. It breaks the chains of mammon that would enslave me and transfers my center of gravity to Heaven.

Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've really stretched ourselves in giving.

Seek the Lord and give God the opportunity to provide through other means before you take out debt.

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game.

This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?

Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

The system gives you two minutes to phrase a whole history.

Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.

As much as my parents are part of Hollywood, I have no recollection of them giving me advice about it.

We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back to the universe. If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal.

The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done.

You're dumb, but don't give in.

We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

She won't give him back his look.

I decided not to give the haters the satisfaction that they got me so bad I gave up.

Even sometimes our preconceptions of what we think we need is different to actually what we do need, so we've got to be more open and give guys more of a chance.

Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

Fiction and poetry are the only way one can stop time and give an account of an experience and nail it down so that it lasts for ever.

the bad is more easily perceived than the good. A fresh lobster does not give such pleasure to the consumer as a stale one will give him pain.

The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.

I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.

Science gives you an understanding of the physical world, and it increases the capacity for fascination.

Giving birth to something that could possibly change the lives of millions of people for possibly decades, hundreds of years, whatever the length of time the run is, is a great feeling.

You can't say that religion or irreligion will give us a particular answer to the nuclear dilemma.

I think there is and ultimate answer in a true religious faith, but it doesn't give you any immediate answers, it doesn't.

The Secret's message is to empower people. Its message releases people from feeling like victims and gives them the knowledge to intentionally create their lives the way they want.

We have so much love to give, and the more that we give, the more we receive.

The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can.

The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest.

When I started at 9, I was working with plaster. I worked with a florist. It was a little illegal for kids to work. They would give you tips because they couldn't really give you wages.

Never, ever, ever give 100% in anything you do. . . Always give more!

No human being can prevent you from giving. Because no human being controls God’s agenda.

Many dogs will give a greeting grin much like a human smile.

When I told my mother that I have to give a talk, and was debating what could I possibly say to non-mathematicians, she said: "You got what to wear?".

You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

Thanks to you, I always am so happy. Now I want to give you all the happiness on your birthday.

You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.

Knowing that a paradox is required for life as we know it to exist allows me to give up trying constantly to understand it and instead just feel it and enjoy it.

For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.

When people screw up, give them a second chance.

Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives...or it's simply not worth doing.

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.