Receiving Quotes

being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.

Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.

It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations and proposals, or he in having them accepted.

Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.

I entered the Physics Department in 1950, receiving a Master's degree in 1953 and a Ph.D. in 1956. It is difficult to convey the sense of excitement that pervaded the Department at that time.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

Unlike the vast majority of people, I've been locked in a box like an animal and I've also been on the receiving end of bloody thrashings, so I feel uniquely qualified to judge which is worse.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.

Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.

A man, as a man, could arrive at all the dignity that a man was capable of obtaining or receiving; but it needed a God to raise him to the dignity of a God.

Be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.

Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.

Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one - that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.

We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.

Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed.

I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed.

Confidence is something that has developed over time which is a very positive thing to gain. Respect is also very important, both giving it and receiving it from other drivers in your team.

George Jessel’s newest pick-me-up which is receiving attention from the town’s paragraphers is called a Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka.

Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

As a believer is changed, receiving a glorified body, so similarly, the earth is changed into a new earth, unstained by sin.

Just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving.

Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same.

Integrating in the Church doesn't mean receiving communion.

O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us.

Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives thrill the sensitive nerves of receiving.

Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.

Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.

The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue.

What really put me over the top was receiving a packet of hundreds of hand-written thank you notes, telling me how the kids were inspired and excited about the [Cube] project.

We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

He formed his sentences hesitantly and then threw them at me with such force that I felt as if I were receiving a present each time

Love is not a thing to understand. Love is not a thing to feel. Love is not a thing to give and receive. Love is a thing only to become and eternally Be.

A realized being would not be making any fresh karma because karma is very much connected to the ego but would still be receiving the results of past karma.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government.

It is easy to see how after receiving this adoration for a term or two most members become convinced they are indispensable.

Now I'm making a comeback into the industry. Everyone is receiving me with open arms.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth.

I am not receiving orders from Ariel Sharon.

The Dark Powers have to give before they can take.

Giving without expectation leads to receiving without limitation.

The only possible match for someone who doesn't know how to receive is someone who doesn't know how to give.

Giving feels fantastic and for there to be a Giver, there must be a Receiver, so allowing yourself to receive is an act of love.