Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Congreve

One minute gives invention to destroy; What to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

William Cowper

Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue; Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at a market-price!

William Cowper

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.

William Cowper

Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.

William Cowper

The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may, And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away.

William Cowper

Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial climates into one.

William Cowper

All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.

Wayne Gretzky

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Dyer

You can't accumulate anything, because anything you get you have to give away. We all know this. We watch our bodies go through the aging process. We know we came in here with nothing, and we know we're going to leave with nothing. There's nothing to own. There's nothing to get. The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away.

Wayne Dyer

As a retailer, I would ask the customer, "What is it you want in life?" Whatever answer they give, I would help them to say the correct answer, or the most effective answer, for anyone - feeling good.

Wayne Dyer

You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.

Wayne Dyer

When we Consistently Generate Thoughts of Giving ... we Attract the Energy of Giving Back to Us

Wayne Dyer

You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.

Wayne Dyer

The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you'd like to live.

Wayne Dyer

Your ability to be a winner 100 percent of the time is based upon giving up the notion that losing at anything is equivalent to being a loser.

Wayne Dyer

Give thanks for all that shows up in your life including the stuff that you perceive to be negative, the things that you wish wouldn't have happened. Don't take anything forgranted.

Wayne Dyer

Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?

Wayne Dyer

Every single person who's drifted in and out of your life is a part of your divinely chosen experience. So, give thanks for all of these people, and take serious note of what they brought you.

Tory Burch

It's a gift to be able to give access.

Tory Burch

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.

Tove Jansson

Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.

Tony Orlando

It was the Lord's love and my recognition of His presence in my life that made me realize how important it was to give Him the glory and be there for Him.

Van Morrison

If you get into introspective blues or something where you're stretching out a bit, large audiences don't respond to this, so you have to give them what they want, basically.

Ursula Andress

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

Upton Sinclair

But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him.

Tyrese Gibson

God will NEVER give YOU something SOMEBODY ELSE is supposed to have

Tyra Banks

I know how to dress for my body to give off illusions, and I like to teach women about it - it's important for women to have that power and that arsenal... tricks that make you feel good when you walk outside.

Twiggy

I've never really had a waist. Even when I was at my slimmest, my silhouette was very straight up, straight down. But I have learnt how to give myself a bit of waist by optical illusion. For this, bring on the belts.

Twyla Tharp

Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.

Twyla Tharp

It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way.

Twyla Tharp

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Tristan Bernard

To be happy with human beings, we should not ask them for what they cannot give.

Tristan Bernard

To live happily with other people one should ask of them only what they can give.