Giving Quotes · Page 234

Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.

— Mae West

It's very hard to get other countries to give up their weapons when you're busy developing a new one.

— John F. Kerry

“Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.”

— Terry Pratchett

God expects believers to improve their attitude in giving as well as their giving itself.

— Max Anders

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.

— Colleen Hoover

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is as though nature must needs make men narrow in order to give them force.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.

— Krishna Das

One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so…

— Jim Rohn

To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you…

— Cat Deeley

When I stand on the edge of a cliff or right at the edge of a building or something, it's one of…

— Chris Hadfield

History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the…

— Sebastian Roche

Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge…

— Mother Teresa

You don't know what it's like! Hyperactive twins! When they turned three, my doctor prescribed Ritalin -- I wouldn't dream of giving…

— Jane Wagner

Accents are funny. It sets me apart from the other girls doing comedy. It gives me more—how do you say?—pop-oo-laaarrrity.

— Sofia Vergara

Most sculptors make the mistake", he said, "of thinking of eyes as form and they therefore make them as spherical surfaces. Eyes…

— Walter Russell

Give us our parliament in Scotland. We will start with no traditions. We will start with ideals. We will start with purpose,…

— James Maxton

Home-based businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments in our economy, and that trend will only continue, as the age of the…

— Paul Zane Pilzer

I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is…

— Weegee

To be a deep listener, one of the first things we have to do is give up the need and the desire…

— John Earle

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it,…

— Hank Aaron

It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that…

— Peter Mullan

The average prison term for a convicted murderer in America is 6.5 years. The average tenure for a member of Congress is…

— Pat Robertson

He who gives while he lives, gets to know where it goes.

— Percy Ross

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

— Adrian Rogers

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

— Doug Larson

How can we expect wild animals to survive if we give them nowhere in the wild to live?

— Anonymous

But sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

— Thomas Campbell

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

I'm always giving away things on 'This Morning,' money or holidays.

— Alison Hammond

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

— Don Zimmer

Let us never yield to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day.

— Pope Francis

I relish the eight-hour format of a single season because it gives you time to do that.

— Steven Knight

I enrich myself by telling others to give to me so they can bribe God to get what they want.

— Richard Rossi

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you'll send power to your dreams.

— Robin Sharma

There will always be a spiritual light that beckons to us, giving us the hope of rescue and relief.

— L. Whitney Clayton

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]

— George Herbert

Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.

— Ben Hecht