--- title: "17 Things Gave Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Things Gave quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Things Gave sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/fabricio-werdum-6721_good_ufc-gave-me-a-lot-of-things-and-i-gave-a_603946.jpg" --- > [UFC gave me a lot of things, and I gave a lot to the UFC. We had a good relationship. Sometimes we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabricio-werdum/ufc-gave-me-a-lot-of-things-and-i-gave-a-lot-to-the-ufc-we-had-a-good/) [Fabricio Werdum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabricio-werdum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/fabricio-werdum-6721_good_ufc-gave-me-a-lot-of-things-and-i-gave-a_603946.jpg) > [“We spend a great portion of our lives trying to get. Hopefully, when our lives are over we''ll be remembered for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-kinard/we-spend-a-great-portion-of-our-lives-trying-to-get-hopefully-when/) [Jerry Kinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-kinard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/jerry-kinard-24945_remembered_we-spend-a-great-portion-of-our-lives-tr_2448314.jpg) > [I once thought God Hated me and I Looked Around. WOW so many things he gave me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jl-mystery/i-once-thought-god-hated-me-and-i-looked-around-wow-so-many-things-he/) [JL Mystery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jl-mystery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/jl-mystery-65850_blessings_i-once-thought-god-hated-me-and-i-looked_585169.jpg) > [“You give thanks for small things. I gave thanks that I was wearing jeans, not a skirt. People start trying to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/you-give-thanks-for-small-things-i-gave-thanks-that-i-was-wearing/) [Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/glen-duncan-1307_gratitude_you-give-thanks-for-small-things-i-gave_1917614.png) > [Notice the way people treat you when you aren't giving them the things that you used too... Then ask yourself was it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredericaehimen/notice-the-way-people-treat-you-when-you-aren-t-giving-them-the/) [FredericaEhimen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredericaehimen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/fredericaehimen-29439_actions-speak-louder_notice-the-way-people-treat-you-when-you_1369721.jpg) > [“All he knows is that something stepped in front of him, blocking his way, until in time he gave up on things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/all-he-knows-is-that-something-stepped-in-front-of-him-blocking-his/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/mitch-albom-187_mind_all-he-knows-is-that-something-stepped-i_862134.png) > [I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/i-didn-t-know-the-answers-but-i-could-feel-that-the-things-that-gave/) [Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/dick-van-dyke-2430_answers_i-didn-t-know-the-answers-but-i-could-fe_1221281.jpg) > [“You owe me." "What do I owe you? All the things I gave you. How I took care of you. Money, information...pleasure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-hanson/you-owe-me-what-do-i-owe-you-all-the-things-i-gave-you-how-i-took/) [Caroline Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-hanson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/caroline-hanson-26753_gave_you-owe-me-what-do-i-owe-you-all-the-thi_3134160.jpg) > [“Love is different from most things. If I gave my piece of chalk to someone, then I wouldn't have it anymore. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sachar/love-is-different-from-most-things-if-i-gave-my-piece-of-chalk-to/) [Louis Sachar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sachar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/louis-sachar-4066_love_love-is-different-from-most-things-if-i_1323130.jpg) > [The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tecumseh/the-great-spirit-made-all-things-he-gave-the-white-people-a-home/) [Tecumseh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tecumseh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/tecumseh-16912_all-things_the-great-spirit-made-all-things-he-gave_2547838.jpg) > [Mother stands for M For the MILLION things she gave me, O For shuttles growing OLD, T For the TEARS she shed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babloo/mother-stands-for-m-for-the-million-things-she-gave-me-o-for-shuttles/) [Babloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babloo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/babloo-159_growing-old_mother-stands-for-m-for-the-million-thin_1825853.jpg) > [“What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-among-the-things-so-we-gave-2/) [Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/lisel-mueller-24263_lonely_what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-a_2192294.jpg) > [The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/the-other-one-he-loved-like-a-slave-like-a-madman-and-like-a-beggar/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/knut-hamsun-1203_beggar_the-other-one-he-loved-like-a-slave-like_2511074.jpg) > [“What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things, so we gave the clock a face, the chair a back, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisel-mueller/what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-among-the-things-so-we-gave/) [Lisel Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisel-mueller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/lisel-mueller-24263_tongues_what-happened-is-we-grew-lonely-living-a_1930054.png) > [We tried so hard. We were always trying to help each other. But not because we were helpless. He needed to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/we-tried-so-hard-we-were-always-trying-to-help-each-other-but-not/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/jonathan-safran-foer-136_air_we-tried-so-hard-we-were-always-trying-t_1450829.png) > [“There is so much to know and we can only guess. Guess around him. To know him from these stray actions I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/there-is-so-much-to-know-and-we-can-only-guess-guess-around-him-to/) [Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/michael-ondaatje-940_books_there-is-so-much-to-know-and-we-can-only_2974393.jpg) > [“The small smiles everybody wanted to try to figure out – they meant nothing, really. She wasn't so good at talking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/the-small-smiles-everybody-wanted-to-try-to-figure-out-they-meant/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/c-joybell-c-471_heart_the-small-smiles-everybody-wanted-to-try_2860061.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-gave/#itemlist", "name": "Things Gave Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "UFC gave me a lot of things, and I gave a lot to the UFC. We had a good relationship. 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