To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
Allah will never disappoint the sincere caller. Even when you think He hasn’t answered you, He plans in your favor.
Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it fly, looker. " "I'd rather not" People laughed. He flapped his arms and squawked like a chicken "Afraid you can't throw that far?" "I know I can" He lifted his hat in a small salute to my claim. Blond curls slipped out, then he plopped the hat back on and said, "I dare you.
The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.
He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.
No matter how small, a favor deserves thanks.
If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.
In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance.
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.
Jason glanced at the creature. It remained the same distance away as before, still as a statue. "What do you want?" Jason asked. No answer. "Are you the thing that followed Tark? You should keep following him. He's the real mastermind. Shoo. Go hide. " No response. "Okay, how about you stand guard while I sleep. Keep the giants away. Sound good? All in favor, hold perfectly still. Fine, I guess we have a deal.
A favor is never so long-lived as a grudge.
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
Don't let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you're capable of unless you try.
I am not in favor of a traditional free market.
It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?
I always tend to favor the newer idea.
A work of real merit finds favor at last.
For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy.