On Giving Quotes

Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn’t give you what you asked for?

We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.

You're going to have to go out there and throw tons of zeroes to give your team a chance to win.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don’t do this.

Being successful entails being able to not only get along with people, but also to give something back

Being able to take a traditional cable-television subscriber and give them new widget type applications to me is huge.

I just give off this kind of feminine vibe which has... served me so well with women in my life.

We have two families in life. One were born with that shares our blood. Another we meet along the way that's willing to give it's life for us.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer.

Land surveying has been a positive influence on my life, and I'd encourage anyone who hasn't considered it to give it a chance!

We need to give up what no longer works and find new ways of being that keeps us close to what matters.

I have a bag full of stuff that I give to people when they come to my house.

Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority, and they did it.

Tim Kaine kind of gives the warmer, human face of the Democrats.

It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back.

I would tell everyone to go to college, no matter what. It gives you time to grow up.

There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.

It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

Our consciences take no notice of pain inflicted on others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to us.

It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd rather teach them than practice them any day. "Give them to others"-that's my motto.

Life gives to the give and takes from the taker.

Giving is the insured way of getting.

I do understand that going out and promoting the movie is a big responsibility, and part of the reason they give me the job in the first place.

When you give me something that I love, then I spend a long time drilling down on it and figuring out what it is I love about it.

For us, my wife and I and all of my partners believe that corporations have to be corporate citizens, and individuals who benefit from them, or who have built them, need to give back.

If I give dollars to some charity, nobody cares. I mean, it helps the charity, but nobody cares. But if the Dodgers do the same thing, they bring more focus to issues, and that makes it better.

...life's big. If you can't fix it, give it a spin.

People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?

If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.

True leaders have so much power they are willing to give it away. Power is not a fixed, quantifiable sum; instead it is an unlimited abstraction which grows as it is shared.

This is a truism of child-raising, of course - whatever you give special time and attention to cooking, your children will despise and reject, with annoying gagging sounds.

We give empathy to others for our own benefit.

Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind.

We need to receive empathy to give empathy.

We criticize people for not giving us what we ourselves are afraid to ask for.

Never loan money, you're not reading or willing to give away.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.

When you love someone, what they want is the best that you can give them.

People will always be more willing to give you things that they think you don't need.

To get what you want you must communicate with others in a way that inspires them to want to give it to you.

Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

You give all your life to doing this one thing. It sounds grim, it sounds frightening - it isn't - it has a great gaiety at times and a great wonder.

When you value people, you give them freedom.