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Giving Quotes by John Steinbeck
- If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
- What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? You only truly, deeply appreciate and are grateful for…
- The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to…
- Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
- Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
- But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the…
- I think bullfights are for men who aren't very brave and wish they were. If you saw one you'll know what I mean. Remember after…
- But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral…
- What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
- Dear Lord,' he said. 'let me be like Aron. Don’t make me mean. I don’t want to be. If you will let everybody like me,…
- But you must give him some sign, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty…
- For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in…
- He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
- But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his…
- The ways of sin are curious . . . I guess if a man had to shuck off everything he had, inside and out, he'd…
- The Hebrew word, the word timshel - 'Thou mayest' - that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That…
- Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with…
- A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a…
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