He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Jim Elliot

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Jim Elliot

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
Jimmy Buffett

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
Francis Bacon

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.
Eric Hoffer

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
Eric Hoffer

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
Eric Hoffer

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
Ron White

My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.
Brett Favre

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.
Franz Kafka

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
Franz Kafka

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
Michel de Montaigne

Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
Gore Vidal

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
Gore Vidal

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
Edward de Bono

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people.
Dean Koontz

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.
Dean Koontz

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
Steve Irwin