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Giving Quotes by Douglas Coupland
- Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.
- In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama…
- The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't…
- My secret is that I need God—that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because…
- I think that every reader on earth has a list of cherished books as unique as their fingerprints....I think that, as you age, you tend…
- I am going to give you a piece of advice... advice I wish I'd been told in guidance class back in high school, in between…
- Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective. Sometimes I'd…
- I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their…
- But I guess the nice thing about driving a car is that the physical act of driving itself occupies a good chunk of brain cells…
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi