“ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ”
- Kahlil Gibran- Copy
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“ There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. ”
- Hodding Carter- Copy
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“ Give no bounties, make equal laws, secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ”
- Frederick Douglass- Copy
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“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
- Peggy Noonan- Copy
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“ We're there to show our sympathy,... We're there to show our support and that we care. Whatever gift you give is going to be appreciated. ”
- Terry Fox- Copy
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“ But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college, or a cat: To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, Tenrich a bastard, or a son they hate. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ Fond youth, give o'er,And vex thy soul no moreIn seeking what were better far unfound;Alas! thy gainsAre only present painsTo gather scorpions for a future wound. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
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“ Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it is hopeless. ”
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz- Copy
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“ When you are making a success of something, it's not work. It's a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world. ”
- Andrew Granatelli- Copy
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“ I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity. ”
- Eleanor Roosevelt- Copy
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“ Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. ”
- William Ellery Channing- Copy
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“ Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
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“ I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them. ”
- Richard M. Nixon- Copy
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“ In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong. ”
- Christian Nestell Bovee- Copy
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“ You can tailor the education to the aptitude and gifting of the child. ”
- John Bauer- Copy
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“ I definitely want to be involved but only while I think I can make a contribution and I make a difference. ”
- Kenny Cunningham- Copy
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“ I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after. ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
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“ Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. ”
- Mahatma Gandhi- Copy
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