Handed Quotes

537 quotes by 464 authors

Evolution made civilization steward of this planet. A hundred thousand years later, the steward stood before evolution not helper but destroyer, not healer but parasite.… — Richard Bach
The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own… — Guy Finley
Buddha is said to have given a "silent sermon" once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it. After a while, one… — Eckhart Tolle
We live in a culture in which condoms can be handed out in schools and Bibles can't. And I think that tells you everything you… — Janet E. Smith
I beat myself off 17 times in one day. That's the worst beating I've ever handed out. I was so sore that it was hard… — The Rev
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed… — Eric Butterworth
I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S. taxpayer… — Rick Larsen
Light is everything in the world to men's eyes Light thirsts after light yes, the soul, twin to the stars moves through space to find,… — Gunvor Hofmo
She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists. — Virginia Wade
Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me. — Judith Guest
Yes, I'm a real fighter. But I often ended up empty-handed. — Hugo Pratt
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to draw the ignorant… — Richard Hakluyt
I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an… — Neville Chamberlain
All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own… — Stephen Covey
Christy Mathewson brought something to baseball no one else had ever given the game. He handed the game a certain touch of class, an indefinable… — Grantland Rice
My Daddy was left-handed, and I was left-handed when I was little. In fact, I was left-handed all the way to high school. Then I… — Luke Appling
Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men.Â It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them. — Gene Edwards
You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain, and then-and only then-it is handed to you. — Annie Dillard
The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our children. So we… — Mahatma Gandhi
For me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great… — Martha Stewart

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