On Giving Quotes

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

90% of politicians give the other 10% a bad name.

The Lord will give you, if you ask, the feelings of the compassion He feels for those in need.

Each of us, whatever our talents, has service to give. And to do it well always involves learning, not once or for a limited time, but continually.

History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however, ancient, can be trusted without proof. ... Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.

A gun will give you the body, not the bird

Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.

Give me a country where it is the most natural thing in the world for a government that does not understand you to let you alone.

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

The public should always be wondering how it is possible to give so much for the money.

Give and spend And God will send.

A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

Help me to withstand your beauty as it stands out of reach. Give me the capacity to forget ever having felt your touch.

I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a fan of don't always release their work on vinyl, so I take what they feel like giving me.

I'm of the opinion that the Democrats have the ideas I agree with more often than not. Reenergizing the middle class and giving people a break.

To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you will lose. You will lose it all.

I wonder if the guy at the gun store would give me a discount on the bullets I'll need if I told him what I was up to.

Hating someone is giving them too much, just leave them alone.

To burn a CDR of music you like to give as a gift to someone you wish to become closer to is a cold, moist-palmed, mouth-breathing bummer.

I'm not like paparazzi. I never force myself on anyone. I always ask, and some places offer money. And so I try and get these photos to give you, the viewer, a real look at what I was seeing.

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.

Poverty is such a relative thing; but no man is really poor till life becomes a desert island that gives him neither food nor shelter nor hope.

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. It is a blessed baptism which gives the first waking thoughts into the bosom of God.

A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no flowers were nature to charge a price for her blossoms.

Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall need to bear us through the troubles of this.

Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.

God is a being who gives everything but punishment in over measure.

That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give forth their bounty.

When the old creeds are threadbare, and worn through, And all too narrow for the broadening soul, Give me the fine, firm texture of the new, Fair, beautiful and whole!

The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness.

What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.

The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone-- Portent or promise--and gives way To pale, meek Dawn.

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

Book! You lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You'll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.

Everyone gives what he has. The soldier gives strength, the merchant goods, the teacher instruction, the farmer rice, the fisherman fish.

I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those Bible stories, because those are inspirations to me.

As long as I'm giving a little hype, I can't resist saying that Elie [Wiesel] has also written a number of pieces for Bible Review, for which I serve as editor.