#giving

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#elbow #giving #himself #lives #man

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. ↗

— Pablo Casals

#acts #basic #complicated #courage #deal

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#back #college #college education #delaware #delaware state

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

#any #because #giving #giving up #incapable

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him. ↗

— John Clayton

#fact #god #grace #him #instructed

These are matters of external history. They are indeed prominent objects, often changing and giving a new direction to the current; but they tell us not why it flows onward and will ever flow. ↗

— Jones Very

#current #direction #ever #external #flow

I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply indebted to them for giving me the chance to sing my concerts, make records, and do what I love. Whatever people call it, it is great to have a voice! ↗

— Judy Collins

#audiences #call #chance #concerts #deeply

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#hands #i #i see #itself #like

One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France. ↗

— James Cronin

#france #french #giving #greatest #greatest joys

Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's creditors will have to reduce a portion of its debts by extending maturity dates, lowering interest rates or giving them what's called a 'haircut' in financial jargon. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#back #called #country #creditors #dates