given Quotes

“It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.”

“We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens.”

’’There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build. ”

“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others. There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-forty body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that. Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am.”

“If I offer you the moon on a string, will you give me a kiss, too?”

“But I gave myself again to that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn.”

“This. What we have been given. What we must earn. This will never end.”

“What you sow you reap. What you give”

“Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away.”

“I wish you would leave off mentioning my nose. It cannot matter to you what it is like. I am quite satisfied with it, and have no wish to have it shorter. One must take what is given one.”