Giving Quotes · Page 118

Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.

— Jeff Henderson

I can't expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.

— George C. Marshall

To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.

— Anonymous

Being six feet off the ground does give one a sense of superiority.

— Megan Whalen Turner

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

— Jeremy Piven

Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do.

— Lou Holtz

Some people give gifts in order to bewilder, confuse, and manipulate their recipients.

— Mallory Ortberg

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the…

— Fred Rogers

We have to live with ambiguity. We have to give ourselves over to it. The question is: How? How are we going…

— John Green

For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When you're a child you never figure a grownup is going to be jealous of you. It's the grownups who seem to…

— Polly Horvath

I swore I'd be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money,…

— Jack Kerouac

“The true principle to promotion and advancement is generosity.The giving of oneself… your time, talent and substance. Today, I choose to be…

— Kathy McClary

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder…

— Max Lucado

Your self doesn't represent the truth in you, your being does. Give your ease only to what you know represents the truth…

— John de Ruiter

I have touched here on a problem that is masked if one speaks of racism. And that is the fact that the…

— Norbert Elias

People are pretty simple: they do what they are rewarded for doing. If they get multimillion-dollar bonuses by taking huge risks with…

— William D. Cohan

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness…

— Nelson Mandela

He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh…

— Bob Marley

Those dabs of paint and lines become art when form and flow are created out of lower-level perceptual elements. When they combine…

— Daniel Levitin

There is an education of the mind Which all require and parents only start. But there is training of a nobler kind…

— Edgar Guest

We love to think this fundamentalism and terrorism is all about poverty, and, of course, it has a connection. You can see…

— Robert Fisk

I thought being in the wheelchair might be kind of limiting for me as an actor. It turned out cool in a…

— Jim Beaver

If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.

— Martin Luther

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

— Randy Alcorn

Medicine would be the ideal profession if it did not involve giving pain.

— Samuel Hopkins Adams

“In Battle, as in charity, it is better to give than to receive.”

— Kevin Hearne

I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does...

— Ginger Rogers

Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.

— Larry Norman

The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.

— Mother Teresa

The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.

— Ovid

I fully support giving our veterans a tax break on military retirement.

— Jim Justice

The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

— Virginia Satir

God, give me by Your grace what You give to dogs by nature.

— Mechthild of Magdeburg

Others are my main concern. When I notice something of mine, I steal it and give it to others.

— Shantideva

God gives every animal the means of saving its life-why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer?

— Johannes Kepler

Purpose gives birth to hope and instills the passion to act.

— Myles Munroe

What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life.

— Julianne Moore

The only thing I have to give to make you smile, to win you with, are all the mornings still to live.

— Joni Mitchell