#receiving

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. ↗

— Julian Bond

#children #education #going #receiving #school

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#arduous #confided #discharged #equal #expect

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#excited #extravagant #faces #get #gift

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

If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldn't live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#being #could #death #die #doing

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#before #friends #habits #i #i am

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