Damian Marley
Musician
"We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings."
Granted quotes
Granted
249 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Allen Iverson
Basketball Player
"I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish."
James A. Baldwin
Writer
"This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted."
Plutarch
Philosopher, Historian
"...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage"
Albert Schweitzer
Philosopher, Theologian
"It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest."
Explore further
Topics related to Granted
Browse quotes that often appear alongside granted — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Granted quotes (page 1 of 13)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"It's all good when we making love, all I ask is don't take our love for granted, it's granted."
Read quote
23 likes
"What we take for granted might not be here for our children."
Read quote
19 likes
"The attraction of dating is that you don't take yes for granted - - you're fully engaged, there's seductiveness, tension."
Read quote
17 likes
"There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world."
Read quote
12 likes
"Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare various decisions."
Read quote
12 likes
"Let us not take for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small."
Read quote
11 likes
"Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves."
Read quote
10 likes
"I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted."
Read quote
10 likes
"You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted."
Read quote
10 likes
"Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man."
Read quote
9 likes
"If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right."
Read quote
9 likes
"The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was myself and it did not seem to me that I could alter it."
Read quote
9 likes
"No relationships should be taken for granted. They are what life is all about, the whole point. How we cultivate our relationships is often the greatest determinant of the type of life we get to live."
Read quote
9 likes
"Scientists generally, not just evolutionary biologists, don't take much for granted."
Read quote
9 likes
"I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted."
Read quote
8 likes
"The biggest thing I have learned is you can't take anything for granted. You have to work as hard as you can every night, regardless."
Read quote
8 likes
"There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted."
Read quote
8 likes
"I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically."
Read quote
7 likes
"The time for your labor has been granted."
Read quote
7 likes
"I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them."
Read quote
6 likes