Giving Quotes - Page 101

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not 'to have and to hold' but "to give and serve."

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of pants they can find.

Quackery gives birth to nothing; gives death to all things.

Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this vicious cycle. What is called national prestige consists in behaving always in such a way as to demoralize other nations by giving them the impression that, if it comes to war, one would certainly defeat them. What is called national security is an imaginary state of affairs in which one would retain the capacity to make war while depriving all other countries of it.

Every spoof gives more power to the original.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are

Lord, please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we can do. Tell us that at the end of the day there will at least be one redeeming card of our very own. Lord, if it is not too much to ask, send us to bed with a few shreds of self-respect upon which we can congratulate ourselves. But whatever you do, do not preach grace. Give us something to do, anything; but spare us the indignity of this indiscriminate acceptance.

It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

Everybody goes through rough things in their lives, us included. The best advice we can give is to never give up, and always believe in yourself because when you do that, anything is possible.

Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die.

If you do not fling old ideas out of your mind, you cannot give birth to new ones.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.

Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.

Never give up what you want most for what you want today.

To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him.

I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.

You're learning to be nourished by the love you give, not by the validation offered in response to your giving.

Hope is wishing for something to come true. Faith is belief that it will come true. Believe that for every problem God gives you, He will also provide you with a solution.