On Giving Quotes

Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.

We don't live abundant and happy lives in isolation or by being takers. So by giving away your purpose to others, you will find that others want to GIVE to you, too.

I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.

I have to give props to my stunt double, who is the real deal and gets to do all the fun stuff and make me look good.

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

The ideal life is you don't sell a single magazine, nobody's interested, but they want to come see your movie. Because that gives you true freedom.

If at first you don't succeed - give it up. It isn't worth the pain.

When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.

Once you give an NFL player permission to have thoughts, you invite all kinds of mischief.

We have a system in the hands of bureaucracy. Everything is difficult. Everything is complicated. And my idea is simply give simplicity to Italy.

Truth illuminates and gives joy; and it is by the bond of joy, not of pleasure, that men's spirits are indissolubly held.

If you give up freedom to get security, you deserve neither.

Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.

I only pick one thing; North, South, East or West. I just get on the road and go. That's the point. The only governor I give myself is what's the time limit.

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

I don't want to say that having power is overrated, but powerlessness can give rise to a different kind of authority, and that's the kind of authority that writes books.

I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him.

Even though I think writers can sometimes thrive from being misread. It can give them something to push off of.

God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.

To say a thing simply: I am my history, but the story of my life is always guarded, self-conscious. It is finally the only story we give to someone we love.

We study there a lot because... what other choice does society give us, right? It's Starbucks or death, sometimes.

Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in.

Women tend to give political candidates only about 10 percent of what males give, and males give women candidates only 10 percent of what they give to males.

I already committed Darren [Criss] to giving a song.

God expects believers to improve their attitude in giving as well as their giving itself.

Giving works best when the Lord's portion is removed first and believers learn to live within the remainder.

The most blessed gift that God can give any person is a knowledge of Himself.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.

If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one.

Bullingdon would never go co-ed. I'm not going to give anything away, but there are a couple of girls involved in our story and it doesn't end well for anyone.

It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to the efforts at military security.

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

I think there is a time, if I can say this; there is a time in a message where you might just tell a story to give your audience a break.

When you give a gift to one of God's children, you give a gift to God.

Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write just because they want to write.

I really believe the purpose of Scripture is to give us this authoritative handbook.

Aren't you glad that God doesn't give you only that which you remember to thank him for?

The strength of a story is that it stays with people and it gives an opportunity for that story to connect with people where the Holy Spirit intends for it to do so.

I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

Being very rich as far as I am concerned is having a margin. The margin is being able to give.

The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of life were backed up.

I love giving flowers. It is so deliciously unlasting and romantic.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body's mend. And that one is my love.

The nice thing about HOPE is that you can give it to someone else, someone who needs it even more than you do, and you will find you have not given yours away at all.

That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.