Giving Quotes - Page 91

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!

In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics?

When a dog is really comfortable, they give off a certain scent and you can smell it on their paws.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

...that was the first thing I had to learn about her, and maybe the hardest I've ever learned about anything - that she is her own, and what she gives me is of her choosing, and the more precious because of it. Sometimes a butterfly will come to sit in your open palm, but if you close your hand, one way or the other, it - and its choice to be there - are gone.

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

As for methods I have sought to give them all the rigour that one requires in geometry, so as never to have recourse to the reasons drawn from the generality of algebra.

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant ‘identity’ (‘this is your duty as an American’, ‘you must commit these acts as a Muslim’, or ‘as a Chinese you should give priority to this national engagement’) is not only an imposition of an external and arbitrary priority, but also the denial of an important liberty of a person who can decide on their respective loyalties to different groups (to all of which he or she belongs).

Being vegan just gives you such great karma.

If there is anything worth fearing in the world, it is living in such a way that gives one cause for regret in the end.

Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.

A big corporation is more or less blamed for being big; it is only big because it gives service. If it doesn’t give service, it gets small faster than it grew big.

Respectable men and women content with the good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life. Unless you give yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed.

Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.

Giving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

As my mother says, You give back, you don't give up. You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you.

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

Every day is a great day to give love, spread joy, and SPARKLE!

When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there," we have nowhere to go but within. It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.