Giving Quotes - Page 424

All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.

Avarice, greed, concupiscence and so forth are all based on the mathematical truism that the more you get, the more you have. The remark of that it is more blessed to give than to receive is based on the human truth that the more you give away in love, the more you are. It is not just for the sake of other people that tells us to give rather than get, but for our own sakes too.

God himself does not give answers. He gives himself.

Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated.

The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figured that this might be another shot at the industry looking at the possibilities of house music and giving it a little bit more legitimacy than what they give it. It's a host of different things, but it's something that I needed to say musically.

Give me the enchilada with the pickle sauce shoved up between the donkey's ass until he can't come anymore.

Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.

Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.

God never makes us sensible of our weakness except to give us of His strength.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

We may give advice, but not the sense to use it.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.

There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies, leaves, laughter, and me and you.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

As we give the gifts of compassion and humility, our lives become demonstrations of the truth of God's Word.

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.

Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.

Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion.