Giving Quotes - Page 84

There's a million reasons why I should give you up. But the heart wants what it wants.

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn't include our water, we might as well sit down and give up.

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?

The surface of things gives enjoyment, their interiority gives life.

To give up faith in Christ is to give up faith in humanity; to believe in Christ is to believe in the redeption and final glorification of men; and this faith is the best inspiration to a holy and useful life for the good of our race of the glory of God.

You know all of my fears. There's nothing your eyes can't see. When I tried to give up Lord, you never gave up on me.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

The best way to experience power (or anything) is to give it away. Make someone else powerful and you become twice as powerful as you were before. Make someone else loved and you become twice as loved. Make someone else feel good and you feel twice as good. It doesn't get any better than this. And it's all so...simple.

Gratitude gives birth to gratitude and ingratitude creates more ingratitude.

I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me.

We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we think of birthing as something done while lying down.

Come into my lap and sit in the center of your soul. Drink the living waters of memory and give birth to yourself. What you unearth with stun you. You will paint the walls of this cave in thanksgiving.

Love is something, if you give it away, you end up having more.

He who gives you the diameter of your knowledge,presc ribes the circumference of your activities.

A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.

A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

Someone once told me a story about long term relationships. To think of them as a continent to explore. I could spend a lifetime backpacking through Africa, and I would still never know all there is to know about that continent. To stay the course, to stay intentional, to stay curious and connected - that's the heart of it. But it's so easy to lose track of the trail, to get tired, to want to give up, or to want a new adventure. It can be so easy to lose sight of the goodness and mystery within the person sitting right in front of you.

True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.

I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.

Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.