Quotes About Taking

The fools did not realize that they were merely recovering a portion of their own property, and that their ruler could not have given them what they were receiving without having first taken it from them.

I don't practice many penalties! I don't mind taking them but don't really practice saving many.

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

is joy in life, a terrible joy. There is joy for the taking if you are not afraid.

empowerment can come by looking for opportunities and taking them when we can.

Cars on the opposite side of the street seems strange to me but I am still in a phase where London is new and I am taking it day by day.

In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.

But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.

Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer.

The Life Triumphant is that which places what a man gives to the world in creative expression far ahead of that which he takes from it of the creations of others.

It's the giving that makes one stronger, but sometimes the taking can make one weaker, if even vulnerable or blinding.

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

Giving is taking is giving.

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people

You have limited time on this planet. Convert each moment into Perl by spreading happiness. Giving is much more fulfilling than taking.

I'm taking my skills to different people's homes that have stoves for it.

I came home and found that my son was taking drugs - my very best ones too!

When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed.

It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.

Moths were drawn to light and always took some away with them when they found it.

Being part of any solution means taking action. And taking action involves more than just dreaming, no matter how vivid, how real, one's dreams appear. Whether dreaming or awake, when we are prisoners of our thoughts, we can't always see very clearly through the bars of our metaphorical prison cell, let alone take action.