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Giving Quotes (page 96)

Sally Field quote: "You have to give up the life you planned to find the life..."
You have to give up the life you planned to find the life that's waiting for you Sally Field
None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job. A man who knows a job sees so much more to be done than he has done, that he is always pressing forward and never gives up an instant of thought to how good and how efficient he is. Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is... Henry Ford
Karen Horney quote: "To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling..."
To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown. Karen Horney
Flattery is as important a machine as the lever, isn't it, Saxonberg? Give it a proper place to rest, and it can move the world. E. L. Konigsburg
Mignon McLaughlin quote: "The hardest learned lesson: that people have only their kind..."
The hardest learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind. Mignon McLaughlin
writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do--the actual act of writing--turns out to be the best part. it's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. Anne Lamott
Paradoxically, a saint like [Albert] Schweitzer can give one a lot more trouble than King Leopold II, villain of unmitigated guilt, because along with doing good and saving African lives Schweitzer also managed to announce that the African was indeed his brother, but only his junior brother. Chinua Achebe
Winston Churchill quote: "Never, Never, Never, Never, Never give up."
Never, Never, Never, Never, Never give up. Winston Churchill
Lynn Abbey quote: "You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from..."
You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking. The Lord doesn't give us more than we can carry Lynn Abbey
Alice James quote: "Who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative..."
Who would ever give up the reality of dreams for relative knowledge? Alice James
Woody Allen quote: "I'm giving [my analyst] one more year--then I'm going to Lourdes."
I'm giving [my analyst] one more year--then I'm going to Lourdes. Woody Allen
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought. Alexander Hamilton
[A teacher] isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows. Paulo Coelho
Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me. Henri Nouwen
Strygalldwir is my name. Conjure with it and I will eat your heart and liver."Conjure with it? I can't even pronounce it, and my cirrhosis would give you indigestion. Roger Zelazny

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