Gives Quotes - page 21

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. (Henry van Dyke)
This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins. View quote
Abdul Kalam
Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, "Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins." I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me. View quote
Martin Luther
Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times. View quote
Aamir Khan
Nature knows nothing but solid bodies; your science deals only with combinations of surfaces. And so nature constantly gives the lie to all your laws; can you name one to which no fact makes an exception? View quote
Honoré de Balzac
The trouble is that you won't get the scientists to agree on a course of action. It is almost instinctive in science to accept contrary views, because disagreeing gives you guidance to experimental tests of ideas - your own and those offered by others.... View quote
Frederick Seitz
The dreams of people may differ, but everybody wants their dreams to come true. And America, above all places, gives us the freedom to do that. View quote
Ronald Reagan
For the Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first. He has mercy upon the last and cares for the first; to the one He gives, and to the other He is gracious. He both honors the work and praises the intention. View quote
John Chrysostom
I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way. View quote
Anne Enright
When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them. View quote
Margaret Millar
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline. (Maria Semple)
God often gives nuts to toothless people. View quote
Matt Groening
That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me. View quote
Melina Marchetta
Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic. View quote
Mindy Kaling
Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose; it's a branch of purpose, but it is not the trunk or root of the tree. View quote
Nick Vujicic
I understand that the results I've had in my career, or I'm having now, they are very good. And that gives me confidence, of course, but I do not feel invincible. View quote
Novak Djokovic
I first heard of General Anders and his army more than 50 years ago. I admired him then, and I admire him still; and I feel a special bond with the men, women and children whom he rescued from hunger, disease, and official abuse. Theirs is a story of endurance and fortitude that gives one faith in the human spirit. View quote
Norman Davies
To create a new business that makes money, and more significantly, employs others, and more significantly, gives a product to a customer that improves their life, is our greatest challenge, our greatest opportunity, and the greatest gift, far greater than any charity that we can give our fellow person. View quote
Paul Zane Pilzer
I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy. View quote
Ryan Gosling
I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting. View quote
Randall Munroe
He [Nico] regarded Jason, as if waiting for an attack. 'If the others found out-' 'If the others found out,' Jason said, 'You'd have that many more people to back you up, and to unleash the fury of the gods on anybody who gives you trouble. (Rick Riordan)
When life gives you lemons. . . You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you sure as hell aren't ever going to see any lemonade. View quote
Rob Thurman
The heart never forgets, never gives up, the territory marked off for those who came before. View quote
Robert James Waller
Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . . View quote
Rosamund Lupton
Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft. View quote
Simon Sinek