Giving Quotes - Page 414

Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every breath gives something back

The next time she comes back, no matter what she says, listen to her well. If she cries, give her a handkerchief and wait until she's done crying. If she curses me, curse with her. And if by any chance she asks about me, tell her that I'm sorry.

I just wasn't raised a granola eating, peace love hippie type person. I'm from Michigan and was raised in and around Detroit where it is kind of you get respect and you give respect. That is how I feel.

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

I don't like to be pigeonholed; I don't like when people won't see me for something because they don't think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.

My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do not give up hope or yield to despair because of that which is past, for to bewail the irretrievable is the worst of human frailties.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.

When people know what you want, they will give it to you.

The best gift is giving from your heart

Don't be afraid of giving kids responsibility, be there to guide & support them, not just to do things for them

They say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me young love murder, that is what this must be I would give it all to not be sleeping alone

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.

There's a thing that creeps into this conversation ... that if you complain about the depiction of women [in comics], it becomes, 'Well, but ladies - the dudes are idealized too.' And the thing is that the dudes are idealized for strength and the women are idealized for sexual availability. It's very, very different. The women's costumes are cut in such a way that I could give a cervical exam to 90% of our heroines. And I don't have a medical degree! So if I can find it, that's impressive.

I overcame my fears and troubles simply by praying and learning to calm down when scary things were happening - I formed certain mantras which helped me become pro-active vs. reactive, such as : What's the problem? What's the solution? Time Energy Money What do I get? What do I give? Shrink It. Fix it. Grow it.

My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more.

If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

When I think about him, I think about him as John and John Wick. I think of John Wick being the assassin part of John. I would say that guy has strong will; never gives up; he's kind; and there's honor about him. He's also a man of strength. There are even some vulnerabilities to him. Most importantly, he's good at his job.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

I can be a bit of an overachiever and always dance that line of balance between giving myself to work versus giving time to myself and loved ones.

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

I have this idea that every time we discover that the names we're being called are somehow keeping us less than free, we need to come up with new names for ourselves, and that the names we give ourselves must no longer reflect a fear of being labeled outsiders, must no longer bind us to a system that would rather see us dead.

It's like this, by not giving my album a classic rating, you diminish your magazine's credibility. And that's real.