Quotes About Taking

I don't like taking from anyone. I'd rather be a giver, though not for any worthy reason. It's about control, obviously. If I give, I control; if I take, I am controlled. If someone offers me something for free I am at once suspicious.

Peter Lake had no illusions about mortality. He knew that it made everyone perfectly equal, and that the treasures of the earth were movement, courage, laughter, and love. The wealthy could not buy these things. On the contrary, they were for the taking.

Sisters always want back after giving, they never give and leave.

If nothing I say sparks any thoughts or identification, it's possible you're taking too much medication. If it's the greatest talk you've ever heard, you're not taking enough.

Behind every temptation is a divine reward in resisting it; behind every divine opportunity is a reward in taking advantage of it.

It is somewhat too convenient to demonstrate one's courage in taking a stand where the audience and possible opponents are condemned to silence.

Trump added another tic, a lifelong sense that people were constantly taking unfair advantage of him.

We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

Wealth is like water. To learn to swim, you must first dive in; this is the thin line that separates the rich from the poor. Risk taking.

few miles away, similar preparations were taking place among the French and Spanish.

Then a Voice said: "Behold this day, for it is yours to make. Now you shall stand upon the center of the earth to see, for there they are taking you."

Was it her true nature to take from others her own power?

Partnership is giving, taking, learning, teaching, offering the greatest possible benefit while doing the least possible harm.

Love," he said, "is always a risk, isn't it? I've always thought that there were no certainties in life, but I was wrong. Love is a certainty. And love always gives more than it takes.

Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.