Giving Quotes - Page 292

Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.

No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.

Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance.

Looking back, if I had to live my life over, there are things I would do differently, but the one thing I would not change is my charitable giving. I'm particularly thankful for my father's advice to set goals so high that they can't possibly be achieved during a lifetime and to give help where help is needed most. That inspiration keeps me energized and eager to keep working hard every day on giving back and making the world a better place for generations to come.

Tradition is an aspiration to connect the Self with the Other. One "internalizes" the Other as one acquires a sense of what one's own tradition is, what one belongs to and what gives valid shape to one's life.

Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.

Architecture is the printing-press of all ages, and gives a history of the state of the society in which it was erected, from the cromlech of the Druids to those toy-shops of royal bad taste

Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the old man is all gone, only Thou remainest." "I am Thou." Blame none; if evil comes, know the Lord is playing with you and be exceeding glad.

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

A film needs more than you can give it in a lifetime.

I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.

Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision?

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence

Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics! I've heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I've never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.

Don't give to get. Give to inspire others to give.

At first I was very anxious about starting Twitter, because I didn't really know what was expected of me. I now feel fairly relaxed, in that's it a way of telling people things that you are doing, without any attempt to be entertaining. To me, even funny people who are tweeting, it just gives a glib impression. You know that it's been constructed, that it's not a thing that's just happened in that moment. So whatever you read, the best you get is, "Eh."

There is a very big forgiving side in me that keeps me very light in my heart and happy.

Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our future and it should provide some kind of comfort. It's not just entertainment for entertainment's sake, it's an investment.