Giving Quotes · Page 299

I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.

— Byron Katie

I do not document anything, I give an interpretation.

— Andre Kertesz

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

— Ethel Merman

A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.

— Juvenal

Sometimes, you are going to give up a bucket, but defense is the key. That's the most important thing.

— Terry Rozier

To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

— George Herbert

It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand.

— Miguel de Unamuno

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

— Bjorn Borg

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of…

— Jose Marti

I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but…

— Paul Giamatti

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances,…

— Frederic Chopin

That’s one of the things books do. They help us talk. But they also give us something we all can talk about…

— Will Schwalbe

There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I know the good Lord wouldn't give me any more than I can handle, but I sure wish he wouldn't have so…

— Bernie Williams

We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's…

— Benji Madden

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's…

— John Green

I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard…

— Alexander Pope

Do not be irritated either with those who sin or those who offend; do not have a passion for noticing every sin…

— Anonymous

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. Greed is the key. It's…

— Roger Moore

It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able to take…

— Jackie Huggins

Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what…

— Anonymous

It would be kind of ill to see Rachel McAdams win an Oscar [for Spotlight] - I don't think people give her…

— Bun B

Everything I'm going to present to you was not in my textbooks when I went to school ... not even in my…

— Robert Ballard

The worst feeling in the world is giving a bad audition.

— Aya Cash

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

— Lech Walesa

I have many talents, but giving a f*ck is not one of them.

— Anonymous

A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well.

— Idries Shah

You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.

— Mary J. Blige

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

Before you give up, remember the reason you were holding on in the first place.

— Anonymous

Your life either takes your energy or gives you energy. Set up your life so that it gives you energy.

— Frederick Lenz

Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage.

— Robert Nathan

Companies such as Wipro and Infosys are giving good jobs and salaries.

— Amarinder Singh

Give me a blackboard. I can stop anything on a blackboard.

— Lou Holtz

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

— Karch Kiraly

God makes many poets, but he only gives utterance to a few.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

— Judith Guest

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

— Deepak Chopra