Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wangari Maathai

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

W. S. Gilbert

If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each little fault of temper and each social defect In my erring fellow creatures, I endeavor to correct.

W. S. Gilbert

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Virginia Postrel

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

Virgil Goode

However, it may occur that we will find ourselves using a variety of fuel sources to give us the energy we need support our lifestyles and boost our economy.

W. H. Auden

A shilling life will give you all the facts.

W. H. Auden

The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing?

William Cohen

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security.

William Cobbett

Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.

William Cobbett

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

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.

Veerappa Moily

I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.