Giving Quotes · Page 265

How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!

— Bill Crawford

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

— John Gimlette

Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.

— Timothy Keller

The only tip I have for an artist is perseverance... Never give up.

— Wayne White

When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

— Allen West

Love and a cottage! Eh, Fanny! Ah, give me indifference and a coach and six!

— George Colman the Elder

Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.

— Tom Robbins

You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.

— Judith Martin

I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as…

— Charlie Haden

We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength

— Julia Cameron

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!

— Loren Cunningham

Seems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it,…

— Philip Pullman

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some…

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.

— Robert McAfee Brown

People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae -…

— Kimbra

When a person's primary objective is to maximize material pleasures while minimizing discomforts, then life becomes a constant process of "pushing" (trying…

— Duane Elgin

Cats are there to be indulged. That's their function: to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs.…

— Alex Shakar

For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doing it…

— Derek Jeter

There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little…

— Anne Fortier

Well, God doesn't intervene in many of the situations we would like Him to because He would have to intervene in everything…

— Gerald Coates

The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas…

— Ben Bova

He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.…

— Charles Dickens

If you're a gardener, or creating a garden you're clearly looking to the future. You have a sense of your own future…

— Amanda Marshall

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

— Dan O'Brien

Writing is like giving birth to a piano sideways. Anyone who perseveres is either talented or nuts.

— Flannery O'Connor

Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice

— Albert Schweitzer

For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage.

— Elton John

Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.

— Jascha Heifetz

I love to create and that's what gives my soul the satisfaction.

— Jimmy Cliff

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.

— Anne Lamott

If you give a bad player time, he can play. If you give a good player time, he can kill you.

— Brendan Rodgers

It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.

— Aaron Patzer

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.

— Ricky Williams

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.

— Ken Kesey

The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.

— John C. Maxwell

If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.

— Umar

Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help.

— William James

It is in our acceptance of what is given that God gives Himself.

— Elisabeth Elliot

You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

— Nina Simone