Quotes on Giving

Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless Teacher of Nazareth.

Where persons love little, do little, and give little, we may shrewdly suspect that they have never had much affliction of heart for their sins and that they think they owe but very little to divine grace.

I give myself the green light to move forward, and to joyously embrace the new.

We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE WITH GOD.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

The gospel which they so greatly needed they would not have; the miracles which Jesus did not always choose to give, they eagerly demanded.

Good things that cannot be calculated or quantified are set in motion in your life and in your finances when you give.

There comes a point in time when you must know that everything you have already given or done is enough. This is not something anyone else can tell you. You must know. Giving without receiving doesn't prove anything except that you know how to be taken advantage of.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian “improving” literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and worse, unpleasant.

Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or tomorrow. Don't give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.

That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

Whether your life is happy or not is your own choice. _x000D_ _x000D_ Many people think I can't live a normal life because _x000D_ I don't have arms or legs. _x000D_ I could choose to believe that and give up trying. _x000D_ I could stay at home and wait for others to take care of me. _x000D_ Instead, I choose to believe that I can do anything, _x000D_ and I always try to do things my own way. _x000D_ I choose to be happy. _x000D_ I am happy because I am always thankful.