#return

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#how #knows #most #person #receives

I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them. ↗

— Henry Hudson

#arrive #certificate #crew #diligence #force

Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#about #bargains #bestowed #destruction #ever

The most important asset you need to protect in order to manage the demands of a job or an investment portfolio is your production of energy. And, just like with money, if you do a great job managing your energy, you'll get a great return. ↗

— Jim Loehr

#demands #energy #get #great #great job

This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work. ↗

— Gustave Meyrink

#attained #continue #does #enables #even

Why are there so many people out here?' Boomer asked as we bobbed and weaved roughly forward. 'Christmas shopping.' I explained. 'Already? Isn't it early to returning things?' I really had no sense of how his mind worked. ↗

— David Levithan

#christmas-shopping #dash #humor #lol #no-sense

It would be autumn, and our fathers would be out threshing in the fields. We would walk through the mulberry groves, past the big loquat tree and the old lotus pond, where we used to catch tadpoles in the spring. Our dogs would come running up to us. Our neighbours would wave. Our mothers would be sitting by the well with their sleeves tied up, washing the evening's rice. And when they saw us they would just stand up and stare. "Little girl," they would say to us, "where in the world have you been? ↗

— Julie Otsuka

#parents #return #home

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#boomerang #cause #circle #effect #gossip

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#battlefield #blessed #cause #debt #enough

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. ↗

— James Buchanan

#feel #happy #happy man #house #i