Giving - Quotes
People are told that they are inherently bad or sinful and that the only way to become good is by giving over control of their lives to faith. As there is no evidence that any of that is true, religion, in effect, is creating an imaginary problem simply so that it can sell an imaginary solution.
I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.
I need a guy that understands give-and-take. I can`t be the only one giving.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
True empowerment comes from giving yourself the permission to think and act.
Christmas giving is something that people need to get out of the way, not something people wish they could do more of, if only they were richer. Christmas gift giving, pardon the metaphor, is a cross that we must bear.
It`s always seemed to me, after all, that Christmas, with its spirit of giving, offers us all a wonderful opportunity each year to reflect upon what we all most sincerely and deeply believe in. I refer, of course, to money.
It says here the retail industry does 50% of its business between December 1st and December 25th. That's half a year's business in one month's time. It seems to me, an intelligent country would legislate a second such gift giving holiday. Create, say, a Christmas 2, late May, early June, to further stimulate growth.
I must give thanks to the good Lord above for giving us such a beautiful Christmas gift: a loving family and warm friends.
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason [...] is like giving medicine to the dead.
Christmas is a time for giving and a time for love and Santa is the greatest giver of them all.
Christmas: it`s not the giving, it`s not the getting, it`s the loving.
A Garfield Christmas Special (movie)