The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.
When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer.
You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.
I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.
But then a daring evasion by a leading conveyancer, known as the Lease and Release, received judicial sanction; and commenced a successful career of more than 200 years. The Lease and Release, attributed to Serjeant Moore, was based on the fact that the Statute of Inrolments did not apply to terms of years.
The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
I received a D. Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
Education is not received. It is achieved.
As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.
Take a look at the number of Bibles on your shelf. Think how grateful you are for the help you've received from various Bible translations and editions over the years.
Natural Selection is not Evolution. Yet, ever since the two words have been in common use, the theory of Natural Selection has been employed as a convenient abbreviation for the theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection, put forward by Darwin and Wallace. This has had the unfortunate consequence that the theory of Natural Selection itself has scarcely ever, if ever, received separate consideration.
There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment
Many years ago, a large American shoe company sent two sales reps to different parts of the Australian outback. A while later, the company received a telegram from each. The first said, 'No business here - the natives don't wear shoes. ' The second said, 'Great opportunity here - the natives don't wear shoes. '
The effect of our knowledge rather ought to be, first, to teach us reverence and fear; and, secondly, to induce us, under its guidance and teaching, to ask every good thing from [God], and, when it is received, ascribe it to him. For how can the idea of God enter your mind without instantly giving rise to the thought, that since you are his workmanship, you are bound, by the very law of creation, to submit to his authority?-\-\that your life is due to him?-\-\that whatever you do ought to have reference to him.
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifling his cries of pain in the sleeve of his overcoat - the overcoat he'd received from his father.
I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.
You are not competing with anyone else. You are only competing with yourself to do the best with whatever you have received.
There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet.