Gives Quotes
5995 quotes by 3821 authors
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Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and…
— Johann Arndt
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
— Francis of Assisi
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Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a…
— David Attenborough
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Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted…
— Margaret Atwood
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
— Teresa of Avila
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
— Teresa of Avila
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that…
— Teresa of Avila
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our…
— Edward Bach
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Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.
— Michelle Bachelet
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition…
— Francis Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.
— Emily Greene Balch
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A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that…
— Christian Bale
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to…
— Honore de Balzac
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I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
— Tyra Banks
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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very heart and soul…
— George Matthew Adams
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Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.
— Bob Barker
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This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form…
— Amelia Barr
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The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
— Roseanne Barr
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