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title: "7 Hands Given Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Hands Given quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Hands Given sayings and thoughts."
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> [The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/the-dignity-of-man-into-your-hands-is-given-oh-keep-it-well-with-you/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/friedrich-schiller-832_dignity_the-dignity-of-man-into-your-hands-is-gi_323466.png)

> [“we were all born to the same world but with much greater circumstance but with these two hands and what I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-r-albers/we-were-all-born-to-the-same-world-but-with-much-greater-circumstance/)

[K.R. Albers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-r-albers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/k-r-albers-39639_dexterity_we-were-all-born-to-the-same-world-but-w_751319.jpg)

> [When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-a-man-dies-he-clutches-in-his-hands-only-that-which-he-has-given/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/anonymous-1_clutch_when-a-man-dies-he-clutches-in-his-hands_821100.jpg)

> [The dead hold in their hands only what they have given away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/the-dead-hold-in-their-hands-only-what-they-have-given-away/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/carl-sandburg-952_dead_the-dead-hold-in-their-hands-only-what-t_937905.png)

> [“The future is in your hands, she resumed. She held her own hands out to us, the ancient gesture that was both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-future-is-in-your-hands-she-resumed-she-held-her-own-hands-out-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/margaret-atwood-40_time_the-future-is-in-your-hands-she-resumed_1191633.jpg)

> [The dead carry with them to the grave in their clutched hands only that which they have given away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dewitt-wallace/the-dead-carry-with-them-to-the-grave-in-their-clutched-hands-only/)

[DeWitt Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dewitt-wallace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/dewitt-wallace-68298_death_the-dead-carry-with-them-to-the-grave-in_1194851.png)

> [Never have I fallen But I am quickly on my way You hold a heart in your hands That has never before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/never-have-i-fallen-but-i-am-quickly-on-my-way-you-hold-a-heart-in/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/anonymous-1_love_never-have-i-fallen-but-i-am-quickly-on_1354188.jpg)

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