Giving Quotes - Page 16

• And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth.

  John Masefield

  Baby, Children, Home

  John Masefield (1978). “Selected poems”, Not Avail

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• [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship," for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way."

  George MacDonald

  Strong, Prayer, Children

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• Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.

  H. W. L. Poonja

  Faces, Awareness, Free Thought

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• When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give up pride and self-delusion; (3) Practice loving kindness; (4) Give up anger, hatred and vindictiveness; (5) Practice generosity; (6) Avoid greed and stealing in its different aspects; (7) Practice honesty; (8) Avoid maliciousness and exploiting lies; (9)Practice moderation; (10) Avoid excessiveness; (11) Do not allow yourself to be enslaved by your lower nature

  Choa Kok Sui

  Kindness, Giving Up, Honesty

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• The secret of a happy home is that members of the family learn to give and receive love.

  Billy Graham

  Family, Home, Secret

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• I dont think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didnt achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.

  Alan Cranston

  Thinking, People, Vision

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• And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.

  Robert Nozick

  Giving Up, Order, Depth

  Robert Nozick (1990). “Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.

  Nathan Milstein

  Views, Musician, Rich

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• Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.

  Vladimir Horowitz

  Heart, Feelings, Mind

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• I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a semi-final, quarter-final because I know I will forget... But the feeling of losing a final stays here forever. Even if you win two, three, four, five it stays. You know, I’m too scared to lose, so I give everything to win.

  Didier Drogba

  Thinking, Winning, Two

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• You see, to me, it doesnt really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly dont give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

  Richard Trumka

  Party, Names, Political

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• Every time a fellow golfer gives me a piece of advice I have thought about it. A different thing is that this advice can be introduced into my golfing routine.

  Seve Ballesteros

  Advice, Pieces, Different

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• Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.

  John Jewel

  Beautiful, Heaven, Comfort

  John Jewel (2008). “The Works of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury: The Fourth Portion”, p.1162, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Years, Perspective, Wells

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.269, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that.

  U.G. Krishnamurti

  Self, Constant, Continuity

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• The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

  Guy Lafleur

  Long, Crowds, Crap

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• There is one act par excellence which profanes money by going directly against the law of money, an act for which money is not made. That act is giving.

  Jacques Ellul

  Law, Excellence, Made

  Jacques Ellul (2009). “Money and Power”, p.110, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Give me one other part of history where everybody shows up to the same social space. Fragmentation is a more natural state of being.

  danah boyd

  Space, Natural, Social

  "The era of Facebook is an anomaly". Interview with Ellis Hamburger, www.theverge.com. March 13, 2014.

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• Its really most remarkable how the human race is so seldom satisfied with what its got. Give a man the world and he's pining for the moon.

  Susan Howatch

  Life, Moon, Men

  FaceBook post by Susan Howatch from Jul 25, 2016

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• You will not stop. The pain is necessary, especially the pain of hunger. It reassures you that you are strong, can withstand anything, that you are not a slave to your body, you don't have to give in to its whining.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Strong, Pain, Body

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• Nebraskans are known for giving of themselves and that quality is part of what makes our state such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.

  Dave Heineman

  Quality, Wonderful, States

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• There is no almost in giving your all.

  Wes Fesler

  Effort

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• I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

  Olympia Dukakis

  Spiritual, Thinking, Knowing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Suffering, Asceticism, Faces

  Katherine Anne Porter (2015). “Ship of Fools: A Novel”, p.359, Open Road Media

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• Don't give advice unless you're asked.

  Amy Alcott

  Inspirational, Advice

  Amy Alcott (1993). “Amy Alcott's Guide to Women's Golf”, Plume Books

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