#bestowed

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ↗

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#compensation #conscience #debtors #forgetfulness #gift

I can't control what other people do or say. I can only control the one vote I've been bestowed upon by the people in the Tennessee Valley. ↗

— Mo Brooks

#bestowed #by the people #control #i #i can

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#always #bestowed #expectation #freely #gift

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. ↗

— John Locke

#author #bestowed #bible #blessings #children

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#behavior #bestowed #conceived #current #gift

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#bestowed #blessings #continue #country #god

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

#been #bestowed #life #live #lives

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#bestowed #bounty #manner #part #receives