Quotes on Giving

Speak to me as to thy thinkings, _x000D_ _x000D_ As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts _x000D_ _x000D_ The worst of words.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.

Small to greater matters must give way.

It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed.

Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.

When you get to a place where you don't go for what you can get, but you go for what you can give, you gonna see your life change tremendously.

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

Love for thy love , and hand for hand I give.

There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help to strangers, but there is no sanctuary in one bed from the memory of another. The past with its anguish will break through every defense-line of custom and habit; we must sleep and therefore we must dream.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

He that gives quickly gives twice.

So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.

Nature never gives everything at once.

It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, to drink, and sleep; to be exposed to darkness and the light; to pace around in the mill of habit, and turn thought into an instrument of trade-this is not life. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechanism of existence.

The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public my interpretation of its character in the same way that a pianist might interpret the works of Beethoven.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

Even if they don't know that you are practicing for them, you are helping them and in turn they are helping you. They are actively helping you to develop your compassion, and so to purify and heal yourself. For me, all dying people are teachers, giving to all those who help them a chance to transform themselves through developing their compassion.

That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.3

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.