Giving Quotes - Page 137

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don't give advice. Dr Phil gives advice. Mr T helps people. I motivate them, I inspire them, I give them hope, and I plant the seed so they can feel good about themselves

Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The seducer and the politician, who live in the dialectic and have a feeling and instinct for it, try their best to keep it hidden.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

How can we give if there is nothing there?... Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak.

We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

No one gives you a chance. You have to take chances.

I want to see a revolution of kindness, because what happens is, when you're kind and you give, it's infectious. You give one time, and it's a great feeling and you want to do it again and again.

It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.

Most of the world around you doesn't read the Bible. So... God gives the world a living epistle- you.

I always give homeless people money, and my friends yell at me, 'He's only going to buy more alcohol and cigarettes.' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, like I wasn't?'

Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.

You are more than you think you are. There are dimensions of your being and a potential for realization and consciousness that are not included in your concept of yourself. Your life is much deeper and broader than you conceive it to be here. What you are living is but a fractional inkling of what is really within you, what gives you life, breadth, and depth.

I forgive everyone. There's no reason to hold anything against someone. Revenge is over with.

Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.

In order to be truly great at something you have to give into a certain amount of madness.

The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave.

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer.

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!