Giving Quotes

It's at the very moment you want to give up on your dreams that you must expand them until they move you again.

O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually comes to unblock your drains. No writer can give that sort of pleasure.

As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in Washington to give them work, so long they will not get it.

Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction

All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING.

The more we give away, the more is given to us.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.

Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers: the sleeping and the dead are but as pictures: ‘tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

Keep believing. You may be tired, discouraged, but don't give up on your future.

The same water that will kill you, drown you, give you hypothermia is the same water that will help you survive.

The law can be an instrument of equalization only as it takes from some persons and gives to other persons. When the law does this, it is an instrument of plunder.

I'm a John Denver freak, and I don't give a sh*t that he looks like a f***ing turkey.

I wish I could make the statement that 'the odds were against me but you never quit', It was not true. I wanted to give up.

Never give up on the things that make you smile.

moving on is a gift you give yourself.

To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.

For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.

Actors should never give interviews.

One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavement, even if it leads nowhere?

One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Prayer is not a matter of getting what we want the most. Prayer is a matter of giving ourselves to God and learning His laws, so that He can do through us what He wants the most.

If women decide that their mission, their political career, balances out what they have to give up, they can be and are equally successful as men.

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

Give so much to the improvement of yourself, that you don’t have time to criticize others.

Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.

Lord, give me the strength to accomplish what You've given me to do and the faith to trust You that what I haven't been able to accomplish You've already assigned to someone else.

I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.

Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.

Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.

Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else.

Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.