Granted Quotes

Whatever lives is granted breath But by the grace and sufferance of Death.

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

Our obsession with security is a measure of the power we have granted the future to hold over us.

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was myself and it did not seem to me that I could alter it.

Scientists generally, not just evolutionary biologists, don't take much for granted.

You can't take life for granted. I am lucky to have everything I've ever wanted. I've got a beautiful wife, a job I've always dreamed of...and my face on my own t-shirts.

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.

Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God.

Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.

Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded.

In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.

Blessings taken for granted are often forgotten.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

Take no moment for granted.

Take nothing for granted. Not one blessed, cool mountain day or one hellish, desert day or one sweaty, stinky, hiking companion. It is all a gift.

Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits.

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.

Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for granted.

The biggest thing I have learned is you can't take anything for granted. You have to work as hard as you can every night, regardless.

Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

Sight is something you take for granted until you think you might lose it.

I feel lucky that I'm working at all. I don't take any job for granted. I enjoy this. It's all enjoyable for me. It's all part of it.

There’s a lot that is good in your life-don’t take it for granted. Don’t get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today

I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically.

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.

Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them.

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.

As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice as to the best date for that consummation.

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.

You can't take life for granted.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

I took a lot of things for granted - especially how I treated my body.

It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.

There is so much that people take for granted.

In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

You cant take good health for granted.

If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, "Oh, that's what they always do." "Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that," then I know nothing of Calvary love.

The social side of Washington was to be taken for granted as three-fourths of existence. Politics and reform became the detail, and waltzing the profession

My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.

We fully believed, so soon as we saw that woman's suffrage was right, every one would soon see the same thing, and that in a year or two, at farthest, it would be granted.

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.