Quotes About Taking

Often you told me that responsibility and authority are privileges, not the rights of every man for the taking.

If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.

learning always occurs in a context of taking action, and they value engagement and experience as the most effective strategies for deep learning.

individual risk taking, especially in the domain of risks to life and health.

Sailors will never be convinced that rum is a dangerous thing, by taking it away from them, and giving it to the officers; nor that, that temperance is their friend, which takes from them what they have always had, and gives them nothing in the place of it.

This is why I find it so hard to be civil around people like Capaldi. When they do what they do, say what they say, it feels like they're taking from me what I hold most precious in this life.

The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

The social protests now erupting around the world are less about gaining power and more about taking power away from those who seem to have betrayed their duty.

The breeding ground of fear is procrastination and inaction. We overcome them not by preparation, but by taking action.

Giving is fraught with danger - as is taking.

Art is always an exchange, like love, whose giving and taking can be a complex and wounding matter, according to Michelangelo

Ranbir doesn't like to portray characters which are larger than life. I am very proud that he took such challenges.

A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one we have right here at home?

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

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.

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

As soon as I left Georgia, my narrative became about taking risks and the fight for creative bedroom artists with no platform.

People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.

How many times have I told them that I'm enjoying life and finally taking my time? While in reality, it's actually time that's taking me, bit by bit, like the cruel tide gnawing at the cliffside. Retirement, my ass! More like a retreat from life!

Are you taking my hat hostage?

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the self, of which one is ashamed? I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not virtue. It was a disguise.