Giving Quotes

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

I get to show the reader the essence of the book without giving anything away.

I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never let go. Even worse, now the Republicans feel they can keep pushing and he will keep giving. They have not seen a stiff resistance on his part.

There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

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.

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae - they're giving you a catchy song, but it's also a challenging song at the same time.

I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

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.

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.