Giving Quotes - page 2

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. (Marilyn vos Savant)
The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile? View quote
Jean de La Bruyère
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. View quote
George MacDonald
I hate giving advice, because people won't take it. View quote
Jack Nicholson
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. View quote
H. L. Mencken
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. View quote
Anna Quindlen
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. View quote
William Arthur Ward
By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. View quote
Eknath Easwaran
One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take. View quote
Havelock Ellis
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. (Simone de Beauvoir)
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. View quote
Pierre Corneille
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt
When I talk about love I'm thinking of unselfish love. Sex can be bought and sold just like anything else. But I think real love is about giving and not expecting anything in return. View quote
Bono
Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat. View quote
Neal Barnard
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare. View quote
David Dinkins
Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do. View quote
Niki Lauda
Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you. View quote
George Carlin
Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. View quote
Colin Powell
I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches. (Colin Powell)
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. View quote
Robert Louis Stevenson
We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas. View quote
Ron Paul
Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take. View quote
Christopher Reeve