Giving Quotes - Page 217

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

I think it is really important to put out what you want so the world knows what to give you.

The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing

You can't convince anyone of anything. You can only give them the right information, so that they convince themselves.

Michelle Obama gives a speech, and everyone loves it. It's fantastic. They think she's absolutely great. My wife, Melania, gives the exact same speech... And people get on her case.

There is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed. Thereis therefore no such thing to be learned, mastered, or born with. We must give up the idea of a clearly defined shared structure which language-users acquire and then apply to cases.

I don't think you should ever give up on trying to push the bar a little bit higher.

Never give in, never surrender, Never allow despair to overcome your spirit.

I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things.

I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.

You don't have to give up to let go

A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.

The greatest sin is appearing naive or old-fashioned so that somebody can give you a sort of a very cool arch smile and devastate you with one extraordinarily crafted line that puts kind of a hole in your pretentious balloon.

There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic for the moment, you are tucking it away in your scrapbook.

When I'm dating someone, if she bonds with my cats I'll give her a chance maybe more than I would otherwise. But if she doesn't like my cats it's kind of a deal breaker.

If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.

If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.

You will pass through storms and heavy rains, and at times you will suffer defeat. The essence of the creative life, however, is not to give up in the face of defeat but to follow the rainbow that exists within your heart.

I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

I believe Christians often perceive obedience to God as some test designed just to see if we’re really committed to Him. But what if it’s designed as God’s way of giving us what’s best for us?

Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.

The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.

Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what's going wrong with the scenario, and don't give up.

You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.