Receiving Quotes

499 quotes by 420 authors

I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand. This chalice,… — Katrina Kenison
You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I'd probably put humility somewhere… — Jean Harris
We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms,… — Lee H. Hamilton
For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Perhaps the mere idea of receiving a nasty missive will allow animal researchers to empathize with their victims for the first time in their lousy… — Ingrid Newkirk
Some people are very earnest after the things of God, and he who seeks finds, and the more he seeks in the right direction the… — Charles W. Penrose
Ever since the Christmas of 1953, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or… — John Irving
As long as a handful of U.S. scientists, most receiving funds from the fossil fuel industry, get equal time with hundreds of the world's leading… — Joseph J. Romm
Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital institution is, at… — Terence C. Kern
Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the… — Barbara Marciniak
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong.… — Gautama Buddha
Prayer is not trying to twist Godâ€™s arm to make Him do something. Prayer is receiving by faith what He has already done! — Andrew Wommack
And itâ€™s not just that â€˜we all need somebody to lean onâ€™; recent work on giving support shows that caring for others is often more… — Jonathan Haidt
I have learned that those who engage in family history research and then perform the temple ordinance work for those whose names they have found… — Howard W. Hunter
The message of this season that is applicable throughout the year lies not in the receiving of earthly presents and treasures but in the forsaking… — James E. Faust
From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause.… — Erykah Badu
Do you young people want a sure way to eliminate the influence of the adversary in your life? Immerse yourself in searching for your ancestors,… — Richard G. Scott
Love is not sexual intercourse. Love is not vital attraction and interchange. Love is not the heartâ€™s hunger for affection. Love is a mighty vibration… — Mirra Alfassa
Music is meaningless noise unless it touches a receiving mind. — Paul Hindemith
Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives… — Stephen Covey

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