--- title: "6 Provide Reason Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Provide Reason quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Provide Reason sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/sunday-adelaja-35_expectations_result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-th_144830.jpg" --- > [“Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-the-reason-for-it-to-come/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/sunday-adelaja-35_expectations_result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-th_144830.jpg) > [The earth provides me what I need to live, you provide me with my reason to live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-live-you-provide-me-with-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/anonymous-1_cute-love_the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-liv_245454.jpg) > [For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegienace to our vision simply because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/for-the-world-to-follow-we-must-do-more-than-rattle-our-sabers-and/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/joe-biden-454_dreams_for-the-world-to-follow-we-must-do-more_482015.jpg) > [“It’s all very well to have your eight suspects parading in their endless ring-around-the-rosebush outside the library. That’s fine. But give some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dickson-carr/it-s-all-very-well-to-have-your-eight-suspects-parading-in-their/) [John Dickson Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dickson-carr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/john-dickson-carr-46065_mystery_it-s-all-very-well-to-have-your-eight-su_1934931.jpg) > [A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-well-known-principle-of-human-behavior-says-that-when-we-ask/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/anonymous-1_behavior_a-well-known-principle-of-human-behavior_2161632.jpg) > [“This parallel form of human automatic action is aptly demonstrated in an experiment by Harvard social psychologist Ellen Langer. A well-known principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-b-cialdini/this-parallel-form-of-human-automatic-action-is-aptly-demonstrated-in/) [Robert B. Cialdini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-b-cialdini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/robert-b-cialdini-26823_human-behavior_this-parallel-form-of-human-automatic-ac_2365560.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/provide-reason/#itemlist", "name": "Provide Reason Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sunday Adelaja" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-the-reason-for-it-to-come/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/sunday-adelaja-35_expectations_result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-th_144830.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/sunday-adelaja-35_expectations_result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-th_144830.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/sunday-adelaja-35_expectations_result-won-t-come-if-we-don-t-provide-th_144830.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Result won’t come if we don’t provide the reason for it to come.” — Sunday Adelaja", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The earth provides me what I need to live, you provide me with my reason to live", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-live-you-provide-me-with-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/anonymous-1_cute-love_the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-liv_245454.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/anonymous-1_cute-love_the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-liv_245454.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/anonymous-1_cute-love_the-earth-provides-me-what-i-need-to-liv_245454.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The earth provides me what I need to live, you provide me with my reason to live” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegienace to our vision simply because we believe we are right. We must provide a reason for others to aspire to that vision. And that reason must come with more than the repetition of a bumper-sticker phrase about freedom and democracy. It must come with more than the restatement of failed policy. 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That’s fine. But give some sensible reason why they were there. If you must shower the room with bus tickets, provide a reason for that too. In other words, construct your story. 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