Receives Quotes

274 Receives quotes by 233 unique authors

Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of… — Criss Jami
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others. — Bernard Baruch
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand. — Sue Thoele
A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
When later he [St. Joseph] carried the Child in his arms, acts of loving faith welled up constantly in his heart. It was a worship… — Peter Julian Eymard
When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made… — Irenaeus of Lyons
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable… — Henry Fielding
In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. — Oliver Goldsmith
It cannot reasonably be doubted, but a little miss, dressed in a new gown for a dancing-school ball, receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest… — David Hume
It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it… — Ben Shahn
There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he… — John Tillotson
That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face. — Max Muller
Downey Savings & Loan receives high ratings from its customers in California in areas related to personal service and for being customer focused. Downey customers… — Jeffery Taylor
The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern. — Hans Haacke
Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned. — Robert Lembke
I believe in the writer's mission. He receives it from the word, which carries its suffering and its hope within it. He questions the words,… — Edmond Jabes
What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book, your daily scheduleÂ….… — Wayne Muller
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to… — Thomas Aquinas
If anyone without the right faith receives Baptism outside the Church, he does not receive it unto salvation ... From the comparison of the Church… — Thomas Aquinas
In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life and receives in the end, after, it may be, many transmutations, the dead… — Rachel Carson
A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with the rest of… — Henry David Thoreau
Love receives its death-wound from aversion, and forgetfulness buries it. — Jean de la Bruyere
Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds… — Pope Francis
Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not… — Francesco Guicciardini
In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a… — Sloane Crosley

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