#given

And be aware that people fall under one of two categories: they are either your brother and sister in faith, or they are your counterpart in humanity. ↗

— Imam Ali bin abi Taleb

#humanity #relations-and-love #faith

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#always #decade #especially #extra #family

What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird? ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#bird #deny #fish #gift #given

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#crushed #fragrance #heel #sheds #violet

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#ballet #every #given #important #me

I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#backbone #behold #characters #enough #given

Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#development #full #given #glory #history

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#anyone #birth #car #given #lend

The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. ↗

— James Buchan

#any #bags #commerce #completed #course

I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen. ↗

— Jenson Button

#case #chance #competitive #difference #driver