Receives Quotes

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies.

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

He who gives love, receives love.

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed.

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl in Sacramento managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world.

When you become an instrument in God's hands as He transfers someone from the realm of darkness into the kingdom of His Son, you make a difference in the person's eternal destiny. Not only that, but Satan also receives a devastating blow.

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.