Giving Quotes · Page 218

Lavish giving and open homes are close to the center of life in Christ.

— John Piper

Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.

— Walter Cronkite

If crowds give you abuse, there's no point standing there and giving it them back; you just move on.

— Joe Hart

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

— Mark Haddon

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

— William Faulkner

If I'm doing something as an offering unto the Lord, I want to give God my best.

— Stephen Kendrick

Humility means you're willing to give someone a bigger slice of the pie.

— Frederick Lenz

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone…

— Terry Pratchett

As we learn to share and give and care, love increases. A person who knows how to love does not seem to…

— John Templeton

If someone has the chance to be top scorer and you want to encourage him, then you give him the chance to…

— Franz Beckenbauer

If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.

— Oscar Wilde

A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get…

— Randy Alcorn

Every time I ask for visa, they (USA) give me visa for five years. I have never had any problem in getting…

— Mother Teresa

This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than…

— Hannah Whitall Smith

Our history has moved in that direction slowly at times but unmistakably thanks to generations of Americans who refused to give up…

— Hillary Clinton

If you want to give birth to your true self, you are going to have to dig deep down into that body…

— Gabrielle Roth

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition…

— Napoleon Hill

The excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text…

— Don DeLillo

Just as one spoils the stomach by overfeeding and thereby impairs the whole body, so can one overload and choke the mind…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The Constitution is an equally forthright piece of work and quite succinct ... giving the complete operating instructions for a nation of…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we…

— Margaret Thatcher

There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for…

— Thomas Browne

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

— Hope Davis

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.

— Natalia Vodianova

With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!

— William Falconer

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.

— Joyce Meyer

I would never give artificial birth control to an unmarried person.

— Judie Brown

God gives, no more than we can handle and no less than we deserve.

— Carissa Aydaa

You earn influence by giving value and attention to other people. BE USEFUL!

— Laura Fitton

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

— Edward Young

A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.

— Hugh Jackman

but accepting help doesn‟t have to mean giving up control.

— Sarah Dessen

To get people to compromise, you have to give them stuff.

— Jonathan Rauch

Life is not about giving up or giving in. Life is about giving.

— Anthony D. Williams

Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.

— William Shakespeare

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

— Winston Churchill

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?

— William Shakespeare