Quotes:
There are some minds like either convex or concave mirrors, which represent objects such as they receive them, but never receive them as they are.
View quotes by Joseph Joubert
They proclaim that every man is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled to receive his 'minimum sustenance' his food, his clothes, his shelter, with no effort on his part, as his due and his birthright. To receive it, from whom?
View quotes by Ayn Rand
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
View quotes by Billy Graham
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
View quotes by Harper Lee
Many receive advice, few profit by it. - Maxims
View quotes by Publilius Syrus
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.
View quotes by George Sand
We receive repeated intimations of our own fallability. [on being a captain]
View quotes by Mike Brearley
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
View quotes by Henry Fielding
That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers
View quotes by Andre Agassi
Though our donations are made to please ourselves, we insist, upon those who receive our alms being pleased with them.
View quotes by Johann Georg Von Zimmermann
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
View quotes by Suzanne Curchod Necker
I tried to order some [contamination-free supplements] but didn't receive any and I haven't got any yet.
View quotes by Greg Rusedski
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
View quotes by J P Getty
Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.
View quotes by Joseph Henry
My thanks to the Academy for the very finest, greatest award that any actor can ever receive. The only thing a man can say at a time like this is - I am not really bald.
View quotes by Tommy Lee Jones
Travelling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.
View quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work.
View quotes by Emilio Estevez
Actions receive their tincture from the times,
And as they change are virtues made or crimes (A Hymn to the Pillory)
View quotes by Daniel Defoe
To receive it from Ian, my boyhood hero, makes it all the more sweet [on winning sports personality of the year, 2005]
View quotes by Andrew Flintoff
Creative people must entertain lots of silly ideas in order to receive the occasional strokes of genius.
View quotes by Marshall Cook
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Proverbs:
He Who Awaits Much Receives Little
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