Quotes with alms-giving

Quotes 141 till 160 of 225.

  • Viktor E. Frankl Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.
    Viktor E. Frankl
    Austrian psychiatrist (1905 - 1997)
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  • William E. Rothschild Parents giving the keys to the car act as if they are giving the keys to the kingdom.
    William E. Rothschild
    American author (1933 - )
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  • Ogden Nash Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Martin Luther King Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • John Selden Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Albert Camus Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
    Original: La vraie générosité envers l'avenir consiste à tout donner au présent.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Peggy Noonan Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.
    Peggy Noonan
    American Author, Presidential Speechwriter (1950 - )
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  • Bono Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Gore Vidal Style is knowing who you are, what to say, and not giving a damn.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Lois McMaster Bujold Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    American speculative fiction writer
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  • Mother Teresa Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Ben Casnocha Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.
    Ben Casnocha
    American author, entrepreneur, and investor (1988 - )
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  • Caroline Dhavernas Talking back and being quite aggressive about stuff and not giving a care in the world about anyone. So it was more, I think, that way and I think that's what happened in that party when I stood in between two people.
    Caroline Dhavernas
    Canadian actress (1978 - )
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  • A. Bartlett Giamatti Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
    A. Bartlett Giamatti
    American professor and president of Yale University (1938 - 1989)
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  • Arnold H. Glasgow Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
    Arnold H. Glasgow
    American editor and businessman (Born as Arnold Henry Glasow) (1905 - 1998)
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  • Bernie Sanders The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Bruce Jackson The daily press, the immediate media, is superb at synecdoche, at giving us a small thing that stands for a much larger thing. Reporters on the ground, embedded or otherwise, can tell us about or send us pictures of what happened in that place at that time among those people.
    Bruce Jackson
    American folklorist, documentary filmmaker and writer (1936 - )
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  • Mikhail Baryshnikov The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure
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  • Bobby Rahal The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.
    Bobby Rahal
    American auto racing driver (1953 - )
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  • Bob Riley The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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