#receiving

Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#another #attention #children #class #come

Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#giving #receiving #art

The only possible match for someone who doesn't know how to receive is someone who doesn't know how to give. ↗

— Amanda Owen

#inspirational-quote #motivational-quotes #receiving #relationships #inspirational

Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain. ↗

— Tina Louise

#communication #constantly #made #mental #messages

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits. ↗

— Tony Snow

#baby #baby boomers #benefits #boomers #by the time

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#emotion #family #friends #giving #love

As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#anything #away #bribery #cancer #caught

If you're putting that energy into performance," he said, "you're also getting it back out again, right? You're giving so you can receive." He spread his arms wide. "If you were writing songs with it, you'd be holed up in your room in the middle of the night, scribbling them in a notebook and feeling self-important. You'd think you were getting it out, but really you'd be keeping it inside and quiet. You'd take what upset you and turn it into art, and now it would fester, because you think other people ought to share your outrage at what happened to you. ↗

— Jennifer Echols

#energy #feeling #giving-and-receiving #outrage #sam

Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#around #ask #because #children #constitution

Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving. ↗

— John Gray

#giving #just #men #receiving #women