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The dinosaurs aren’t remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity’s gone, what do we give to this little planet that we’re on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?

Empowerment isn’t a buzzword among leadership gurus. It’s a proven technique where leaders give their teams the appropriate training, tools, resources, and guidance to succeed.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

Unfortunately, injuries are part of the game and you have to adapt, keep faith, trust and never give up.

Nostalgia is one thing. It’s great to go and play the old songs. People know them and appreciate them. You got to give them what they want to hear.

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.

God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

The strangest part about being famous is you don’t get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.

My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

It’s important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you – in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.

I want to do things that are true to me and give people a sense of who I am.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, ‘Tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add, ‘All the time.’

If we are all in agreement on the decision – then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

My parents couldn’t give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I’ve definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

When I go, God’s going to have to give up his favourite chair.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

I don’t like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone’s life is different, and everyone’s journey is different.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don’t give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don’t give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

A true champion is a true champion. They go fight and win or lose, give it their all.

If you give a person a fish, they’ll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they’ll fish for a lifetime.

I don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

I feel more like I’m a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.

Here is the simple but powerful rule… always give people more than they expect to get.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that’s what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

I ain’t giving up on myself, so if you give up on me, I ain’t got nothing else to say for you.

There is only one real deprivation… and that is not to be able to give one’s gifts to those one loves most.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.

When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.

Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form.

I like to show my ability on the field. I’m not one to show off with words. I’m really looking forward to the chance. I’m a calm goalkeeper, and above all, I’ve got a real desire to win. When I get on the pitch, I give everything for the team, everything for the shirt.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, it’s easy. It’s the other way round, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.

The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

Sometimes it’s okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, ‘That was cool. That made me feel good.’

Gluttony is harder than it looks. It’s listed as a sin, as something you give in to, when really it’s a skill, requiring not just hunger but resilience. That’s why the most resilient city in the country, New Orleans, is also the most gluttonous.

Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.

Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children.

Modernity is a deal. The entire contract can be summarised in a single phrase: humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power.