I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.
Why there is one body in our System qualified to give light and heat to all the rest, I know no reason but because the Author of the System thought it convenient; and why there is but one body of this kind, I know no reason, but because one was sufficient to warm and enlighten all the rest.
Computer science inverts the normal. In normal science, you’re given a world, and your job is to find out the rules. In computer science, you give the computer the rules, and it creates the world.
You get respect when you give respect. That’s how you get respect.
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up.
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.
Harness mules and oxen, but give a horse a chance to run.
I don’t want to waste anyone’s time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.
I’d like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
I say ‘here’s the thing’ a lot, both to alert people that I’m about to say something important and to give myself a moment to figure out what that important thing might be, because my head is so often completely empty.
The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
That’s the best gift you can give to your parents – a diploma.
I can’t expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Oh, it is wonderful to know that our Heavenly Father loves us – even with all our flaws! His love is such that even should we give up on ourselves, He never will.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.
If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.
One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.
I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
A lot of people think it takes millions of dollars to give back or inspire, but just you showing up means a lot.
When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become like hanging judges.
Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.
Acting isn’t something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you’re going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.
Nepotism will never give you success, but talent can.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals – however mundane or lofty they may be.
I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me – to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That’s normally how I perform. That’s how I am.
Sometimes I’ve been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.
We want to give people positive energy and we also want to comfort people.
Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.
It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
As long as you as an individual… can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as ‘one of the faithful,’ one of those people who can say, ‘Well, look, something’s going to happen! Let’s just keep trying. Let’s not give up.
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
I’ve had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.
I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.
On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.
When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention. You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
