#giving

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#advice #ask #chosen #cures #find

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#car #car keys #giving #keys #like

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#giving #money #people #poverty #rid

If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies. ↗

— David Obey

#advertising #amount #buy #care #companies

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid. ↗

— Will Oldham

#fierce #had #i #i can #kid

Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#amazing thing #best #birth #giving #had

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#giving #half #join #minute #never

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. ↗

— Lewis B. Smedes

#bitter #cannot #change #creates #deleted

I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#control #giving #i #idea #into

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. ↗

— Tony Snow

#again #america #day #defining #deserves