Giving Quotes

Only by taking responsibility for oneself, to the greatest extent possible, can one ever be free, and only a free person can make responsible choices - between right and wrong, saving and spending, giving or taking.

I'm sick of giving creeps money off my soul.

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

When you look at Regis, he really and truly does feel for those people, and I feel like I've done it too. You're giving away somebody else's money so what do you care? It's not your money.

So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving.

If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.

Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you.

Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.

I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back.

Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House, regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep America safe and to enforce our laws.

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.

It's kind of exciting again. I'm doing everything right, right now. I'm driving the ball well and I'm hitting some pretty good irons and giving myself opportunities.

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.