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Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things.
You feel hurt when you hear things which you are supposed to have said, which you wouldn't even have given a thought to.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.
Actually no person owns anything. All belongs to God, but while man is on earth he has the God-given right of possession.
He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.
Life isn’t about waiting for the time to come. It’s all about making the most of things in the time that is given to you.
Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.
In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'
The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.
We've been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
An ethic is not an ethic, and a value not a value without somesacrifice for it. Something given up, something not gained.
It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.
I know that in my own mind, I struggle with a desire to be both entirely absent and entirely present in any given moment.
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds!
The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother.
We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.
I don't say "oh, I'm a grandmother; I can't wear this anymore." Everything I can't wear I've already given to my daughter.
If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.
If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.
At any given time, no matter how deeply you are in love with one person, they're appealing to a very specific side of you.
Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation.
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
When I write, I strain with every wizened fibre of my weathered frame to analyze every possible angle of any given subject.
Imperialist aid is a noose of plunder and subjugation, aimed at robbing 10 and even 100 things for one thing that is given.
For knowledge is not given as gift...but through study...The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.
I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.
If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.
When there is a ring on my finger, which is actually given to me, then I'll tell the world. Till then, no one can claim me.
When I was 15, if Stephen Fry had advised me to trim my eyebrows with a Flymo, I would have given it serious consideration.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.
One by one bright gifts from heaven Joys are sent thee here below; Take them readily when given, Ready, too, to let them go.
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled.
Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.
A certain kind of permission is given to live differently, to conceptualize and to act according to a new conceptualization.
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given greater spiritual satisfactions than my friendships.
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
Please criticize me, but how can you accuse me of something like fixing a cricket game after all that the game has given me.
There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.
The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.'
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do that.
There is only one standard - a global standard. Be consistent, operate at 100% every single time you're given an opportunity.