If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
May we give as the Savior gave. To give of oneself is a holy gift. We give as a remembrance of all the Savior has given.
I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of due consideration by Congress.
You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.
An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.
You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for your little selfish interests. That's the secret of it. In this world you are given as you give.
To prevent the workers from going to their work by standing in front of them is pure violence and must be given up.
Everything I have and everything I do is now given completely to Jesus Christ.
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.
I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.
I had this sister that was born who was given up for adoption, and I never knew it.
Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.
Boxing is the gift I have been given for whatever reason and I'd love to honour God in everything I do.
In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.
Truly the stars were given for a consolation to man.
We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.
The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success.
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
