Giving Quotes · Page 134

Once any of us conclude- 'That's just the way I am,' we give up our ability to change.

— Donald L. Hallstrom

A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light .

— Abbe Pierre

Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.

— Dorothy Parker

I would give up my life for my children, but not myself.

— Kate Chopin

Exercise is like meditation for me, and I'm giving myself that time... I can't live without it now.

— Minka Kelly

Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Give us courage for your easy burden, so to live untaxed lives.

— Walter Brueggemann

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

— Ibn Ata Allah

When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack…

— Anton du Beke

We deal with people that are going through divorces and that are facing life-threatening illnesses, and I'm giving them hope. And to…

— Joel Osteen

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence…

— Anonymous

Silence is golden! [Malcolm Subban] knows not to talk too much smack cause you don't want to give me that incentive right?

— P. K. Subban

The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to…

— George MacDonald

We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.

— Marty Nemko

Pundits are saying that President Obama is starting to lose support among his own party. To give you an idea of how…

— Jay Leno

Since peace is alone in the gift of God; and since it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid?…

— Michael Faraday

You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you…

— Albert J. Nock

With Legion, we're our own universe. It gives Noah [Hawley] the freedom to do what he wants to do. Because we play…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

He sits in an old armchair in the corner covered with bits of blankets and a bucket behind the chair that stinks…

— Frank McCourt

We were on Island Records for five or six years and we kinda just got tired of them always wanting to use…

— Jess Margera

NC LIVE has the potential to give citizens across North Carolina immediate access to the rich array of information resources housed by…

— Molly Corbett Broad

Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give…

— Dale Carnegie

My boyfriend's a musician, and I think when he's on stage is the only time he's not worrying. And so that's the…

— Lena Dunham

There's still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and…

— Eudora Welty

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

— Homer

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

— Edwin Louis Cole

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.

— Gabriela Sabatini

You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.

— Anais Nin

Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.

— Truman Capote

I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be.

— Daniel Defoe

Grace gives without the receiver realizing how great the gift really is.

— Rebecca Pippert

The value of friendship and just deep human contact grows out of giving.

— Patch Adams

I came to 170 and I got motivated and finally they started giving me ranked opponents.

— Jorge Masvidal

My voice was obviously God given and I have tried to give of myself honestly.

— Joan Sutherland

It's Not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're giving away, it's just evil.

— Veronica Roth

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy

— Robin Tunney

“The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.”

— Dale Carnegie

If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due.

— Alveda King

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

— Armstrong Williams