Giving Quotes

In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.

Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look.

Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

America is a giving nation and very compassionate.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts.

Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.

Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial.

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world.

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself.