Giving Quotes - Page 450

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge!

If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up.

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with... Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.

If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying is voluntary.

A piece of advice if I may be allowed to give it, is that no philosophy, no creed, no God is worth more than the love that one human being may give and receive in their lifetime – this is what is meant by being ‘involved’.

Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it.

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

Give us strength, oh Lord, to let our children starve.

If you absolutely love it more than anything in the world, don't give up. You gotta keep working hard because it's a lot tougher than it looks.

Faith gives you a certain structure and meaning to your life.

I saw them kissing in the shade and knew the sum of all my lore: God gave them Youth, God gave them Love, and even God can give no more.

I feel no need and have no desire to give any attention to other people's opinion of me.

I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

Entertain me, heroes of Olympus. Give me a reason to do more." Bacchus to Percy and Jason

There is a meltdown of authority going on in the world and a corresponding increase of lawlessness. The earth itself is also going through travail to give birth to the messengers of power who are sent to prepare the way for the coming of the kingdom by preaching the gospel of the kingdom throughout the earth.

God never asks us to give what we do not have . . . But he cannot use what we will not give.

Autopsies give us the facts but not the truth.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.