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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

It's okay for Christians throughout centuries to exterminate races and for their priests to rape little kids throughout decades, but trying to give the people the power to think and be individual, that's evil?

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.

Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans.

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?