Giving Quotes - Page 45

There’s never a moment in all our lives, from the day we trusted Christ till the day we see Him, when God is not longing to bless us. At every moment, in every circumstance, God is doing us good. He never stops. It gives Him too much pleasure. God is not waiting to bless us after our troubles end. He is blessing us right now, in and through those troubles. At this exact moment, He is giving us what He thinks is good.

I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.

What do you get when you give a teenager $200 million? A bunch of has-beens calling you a lesbian for two hours.

In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

No matter how hard life is, you are your own architecture. If you give up then there’s no one that can help you, but if you want to keep building your future, then no one can stop you either.

The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist dries, the parched becomes moist... It is in changing that things find repose.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.

When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick of information, followed by another brick, followed by another brick, until they are graduated, at which point we assume they have a house. What they have is a pile of bricks, and they don't have it for long.

Do you realise that when you give a schilling to a beggar you are giving it to yourself?Do you realise that when you help a dog over a stile you yourself are being helped?Do you realise when you kick a man when he is down, you are kicking yourslef?Give him another kick, you deserve it!

People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

True Love gives you Peace! It doesn't consume you with anxiety, that's lust!

A man cannot be a faithful minister, until he preaches Christ for Christs sake - until he gives up striving to attract people to himself and seeks only to attract them to Christ.

A flower, if you bruise it under your feet, rewards you by giving you its perfume.

I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.

Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.

If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle.

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.

When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give