Receiving Quotes - Page 4

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision depends not on how much we can see, but on how much we feel.

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

The public is not cognizant of the real value of education, and does not realize that education as a social force is not receiving the kind of attention it has the right to expect in a democracy.

Ask for help. Receiving is an act of generosity.

What a curious workmanship is that of the eye, which is in the body, as the sun in the world; set in the head as in a watch-tower, having the softest nerves for receiving the greater multitude of spirits necessary for the act of vision!

You don't measure life by receiving awards.

Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas - cause that's what He's getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

Gratitude is what starts the receiving process.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

You see, the problem in life isn't in receiving answers. The problem is in identifying your current questions. Once you get the questions right, the answers always come.

When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

I am fearful that the paper system will ruin the state. Its demoralizing effects are already seen and spoken of everywhere. I therefore protest against receiving any of that trash.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

Genius is the capacity for receiving and improving by discipline.

you cannot give to people what they are incapable of receiving.

The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.

If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.

Nothing would disgust me more, morally, than receiving an Oscar.