Anonymous
(Jesuit maxim-attributed)
Give me a child for the first seven years, and I'll give you the man.
Armistead Lewis Addison 1817-1863
(during the American Civil War)
Give them the cold steel, boys!
Augustine St. 354-430
Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.
The Bible
New Testament: St Matthew ch.10 v.8
Freely ye have received, freely give.
Daley Cass
Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.
Ford Gerald
If the Government is big enough to give you everything you want,
it is big enough to take away everything you have.
Lazarus Emma 1849-1887
‘The New Colossus' (inscribed on Statue of
Liberty)
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to
me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Loyola St Ignatius 1491-1556
„Prayer for Generosity"
Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest:
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labour and not to ask for any reward
Save that of knowing that we do Thy will.
Menninger Karl
Love cures people; both the ones who
give it and the ones who receive it.
Miller Henry 1891-1980
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.
Ovid 43 BC-AD c.17
Whether they give or refuse, women are glad to have been asked.
Peter Laurence 1910-1990
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
Proverbs and Sayings
Canadian Indian
Love Canada or give it back.
Whitman Walt 1819-1892
‘Song of Myself'
Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity,
When I give I give myself.