"All that is not given is lost."
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"Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give."
"I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period."
"What has to be given up is not the I, as most mystics suppose: this I is indispensable for any relationship, including the highest, which always presupposes an I and You."
"I've given up thinking - it keeps getting me into trouble."
"So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied."
"Ask and it shall be given you; Seek and ye shall find; Knock and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh, receiveth; And he that seeketh, Findeth; and to him that knocketh It shall be opened. Aspire not to have more, but to be more."
"What desire can be contrary to nature since it was given to man by nature itself?"
"Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard."
"You're never given a dream without the power to make it true."
"If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent."
"You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit."
"Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent it must function also as a deflection of reality."
"You tasted it. Isn't that enough? Of what do you ever get more than a taste? That's all we're given in life, that's all we're given of life. A taste. There is no more."
"Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day."
"Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly."
"Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately."
"To those whom much is given, much is expected."
"Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service."
"Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure."