Receiving Quotes

499 quotes by 420 authors

The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his… — Dag Hammarskjold
Yeah, size is no guarantee of power,â€ said George. â€œLook at Ginny.â€ â€œWhat dâ€™you mean?â€ said Harry. â€œYouâ€™ve never been on the receiving end of… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Grace cannot be confused with righteousness. Grace is receiving what we do not deserve; mercy is not receiving what we do deserve. Righteousness, on the… — Francis Frangipane
Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for… — Nicholas Sparks
If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating. — Paulo Coelho
We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give… — Elisabeth Elliot
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened… — Erich Fromm
It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations… — Jane Austen
I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts… — Edgar Allan Poe
Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I… — Albert Einstein
The confessing church of American Ragamuffins needs to join Magdalene and Peter in witnessing that Christianity is not primarily a moral code but a grace-laden… — Brennan Manning
He formed his sentences hesitantly and then threw them at me with such force that I felt as if I were receiving a present each… — Simone de Beauvoir
And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and the… — Tim Wise
She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt… — Portia de Rossi
Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and… — Alexandra Bracken
Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed. — Fulton J. Sheen
All my life, I'd been on the receiving end of my mother's endless tenderness and vigilant care. Being allowed to care for her during her… — Kristin Chenoweth
Making reality real is art's responsibility. It is a practical assignment, then, a self-assignment: to achieve, by a cultivated sensitivity for observing life, a capacity… — Eudora Welty
And now you ask in your heart, â€˜How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?â€™ Go to… — Khalil Gibran
I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe thatâ€™s the whole point in the end,… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock

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