Given Quotes - Page 39

The mind is given to you, you are not given to the mind.

Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

Authority to heal is given from on high.

It may not be given to you. But if you're ready to earn it, the universe is yours.

It isn't given to us to see ends. We can only attend to the beginnings and make them right.

forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice

Jesus Himself stresses that only those who grant forgiveness will receive it.

Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.

The more people know, the more they forgive.

There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the measurement of IQ.

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

What was given to us by the past is adapted to the possibilities of the future.

Much is expected from those to whom much is given.

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

To be forgiven is not enough; we must put an end to the very need to be forgiven.

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Once you get to a certain level, anybody can beat anybody else on any given day.

Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees.

The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.

One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.