Giving Quotes - Page 646

True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.

Darling, I don't want you; I've got no place for you; I only want what you give. I don't want the whole of anyone.... What you want is the whole of me-isn't it, isn't it?-and the whole of me isn't there for anybody. In that full sense you want me I don't exist.

Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things.

I don't want my wife to sleep with anyone but me, and I want to give her the same respect.

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.

Mastery does not come from dabbling. We have to be prepared to pay the price. We need to have the sustained enthusiasm that motivates us to give our best.

I could not ask for more than the love you give me... Cause it's all I've waited for... and I could not ask for more.

Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.

I once got a little camera to use for details of architecture and so forth but the photo was always so different from the perspective the eye gives, I gave it up.

I was warned the camels can be nasty, especially the young ones. I was warned to give it a wide berth.

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.

Don't give up, what've you do; eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through!

All that a Pulitzer really does is give the obit writers something to put between the commas after your name.

The reality is there is only each present moment: You are called to give a talk. You get out of a building and into a car. You look out of the window. You arrive at the venue. You sit in the chair; you wait; you step out onto the stage. Every movement is simple. There is only that.

Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.

Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your external circumstances at that moment - where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing - and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to internally stand in opposition to what is? When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

Give yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something greater, a sacredness that cannot be understood through thought.

You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it.

I have to keep inspiration close to me. I'm always on YouTube looking at the greats or anything that can give me the spark that I need.

When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute the greatest threat to his well-being and safety. The power which control of the money system gives to government to interfere in and direct and even take the life of the individual should not exist on this earth. No man or group of men is warranted in holding this terrible power over fellow men.

One can run away from women, turn them out, or give in to them. No fourth course.

Time's a strange fellow; more he gives than takes (and he takes all).

The Spirit of God first imparts love; He next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in a good many of our churches at the present time.