Given Quotes

• God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

  Billy Graham

  Motivational, God, Religious

  Billy Graham (2013). “Quotes from Billy Graham: A Legacy of Faith”, p.21, B&H Publishing Group

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  You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Positive, Depression

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.

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• Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of some less fortunate fellow traveler. Today you can make your life . . . significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with it as you will.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Heart, Today Is The Day, Long

  Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.91, tredition

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• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Direct Action

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Kindness, Generosity

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

  Max Beerbohm

  Inspirational, Kindness, Giving

  Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.71, New York Review of Books

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• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given.

  Ricky Gervais

  Taken, Simple, Facts

  "Ricky Gervais: My Golden Globes mission". ew.com. January 06, 2012.

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• In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

  Tom Bodett

  Life, Encouraging, Education

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Funny, Women

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• No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "Our Mutual Friend". Book by harles Dickens, 1865.

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• Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Generosity, Charity, Charity And Generosity

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• Give something back by becoming more

  Tony Robbins

  Positive Thinking, Responsibility, Giving

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• The more we give away, the more is given to us.

  Wayne Dyer

  Grateful, Giving, Service To Others

  Wayne W. Dyer (2010). “The Shift: Taking Your Life from Ambition to Meaning”, p.89, Hay House, Inc

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• The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

  William James

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Life, Memories

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• All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Power, Reality, Political

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• Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Sacrifice, Unconditional Love, Way

  Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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• I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.

  Antonio Porchia

  Giving Not Receiving, Gift Giving, Giving And Receiving

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Ask, and it shall be given you.

  Origen

  Asks

  Origen , Aeterna Press (2016). “Origen Collection [2 Books]”, p.40, Aeterna Press

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• Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.

  Billy Graham

  Jesus, Our World, Hands

  FaceBook post by Billy Graham from Oct 30, 2013

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• Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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