Quotes on Giving

Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks.

Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.

First ship them dope, let them deal to brothers, give them guns, step back and watch them kill each other.

We are weak, please let us in. We're week, please let us in." After about a week tha song is gonna change to, "We're hungry, we need some food." After two, three weeks it's like "Give me some of tha food! I'm breakin down tha door." After a year it's like, "I'm pickin' the lock, comin' through the door blastin." It's like, "I'm hungry.

Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born - the beneficiary inasmuch as language gives access to the accumulated records of other people's experience, the victim in so far as it confirms him in the belief that reduced awareness is the only awareness and as it bedevils his sense of reality, so that he is all too apt to take his concepts for data, his words for actual things.

I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.

Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.

With all the power that a president has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character is the most important qualification the president of the United States can have.

When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it don't, you're a snake.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

But if at church they would give some ale. And a pleasant fire our souls to regale. We'd sing and we'd pray all the live long day, Nor ever once from the church to stray.

If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.

Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love.

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world-not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.