If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
I think there does need to be give and take on both sides, and this idea that sex is kind of a woman’s right to absolutely withhold, just as the idea that sex is a man’s right to demand I think they are both they both need to be moderated, so to speak.
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten
Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.
Life gives to the give and takes from the taker.
It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.
What you give becomes an investment that will return to you multiplied at some point in the future.
Don't ever be afraid of giving. Give. Give of your time, your forgiveness, your understanding, your love. Give of your money. Give to the creation, and you'll be given by the Creator. Be generous, and the Most Generous will be generous with you.
Give and Take... For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.
Whatever we put out, it's coming back to us. The universe keeps a perfect set of books.
Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough.
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen.
Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.
When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.
Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.
The development occurs through reciprocal give-and-take, the teacher taking but not being afraid also to give.
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