Be Giving Quotes

It is willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the merely adequate.

Creativity is to discover a question that has never been asked. If one brings up an idiosyncratic question, the answer he gives will necessarily be unique as well.

Their ages are 17. They give them pills at night, they put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their coffee, their Nescafe.

Once you make a lot of money, it's incredibly enjoyable to give it away. It's a way to satisfy the soul.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.

True faith will no more fail to produce [good works] than the sun can cease to give light.

Life sneaks up on us every once in a while and gives us something we didn't ever know we wanted, and lights within us a love we didn't even know existed.

The best thing you can give yourselves...is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live.

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow

Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me again O Nature your primal sanities!

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.

You give because you love and cannot help giving.

You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs.

My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning.

We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.

Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.

Love has been called the most effective motivational force in all the world. When love is at work in us, it is remarkable how giving and forgiving, understanding and tolerant we can be.

Squat 300 times a day, you’re going to give birth quickly.

There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.

They won't give peace a chance, that's just a dream some of us had

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life.

Naysayers have little power over us - unless we give it to them.

God does not give His people a ministry for which He does not give them the power to do it.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

The invitation is not, "Give Me thine head." The invitation is, "My Son, give Me thine heart."

The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.

The Lord doesn't put us through this test just to give us a test: He does it because the process will change us.

Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

Don’t spend your time on and give your heart to any guy who makes you wonder about anything related to his feelings for you

Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives false info that you are running it, that you are the one who controls it. Whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us.

The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper.

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave.

The idea of life is to give and receive.

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!

Every single choice we make is either going to enhance the spirit or drain it. Every day, we're either giving ourselves power or taking it away.

My true church is a whorehouse – the only one that gives me true satisfaction.

Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation.

Each man is for his lord, do not give chase.

Give Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.