Receives Quotes

The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others. — Timothy Keller

Faith is not the price that buys God's blessing, it is the hand that receives His blessing. The price was paid for us by Jesus Christ on the cross — Joyce Meyer

When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction. — Leonardo Da Vinci

That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face. — Max Muller

The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone. — William James

FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved. — Beth Moore

A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others. — Gautama Buddha

Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is. — Ornette Coleman

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. — Zhuangzi

The most crucial problem with intellectual learning is that it receives the unknown on the grounds of the known. — Raheel Farooq

Violent behavior exists in one's psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies. — Richard King

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. — Seneca The Younger

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. — George MacDonald

A good song receives love forever. — Kim Jong-hyun

He receives comfort like cold porridge. — William Shakespeare

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

An object only receives its true value from the one who cares the most about it. — Brianna J. Merrill

Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the central place of every heart, there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, you are young. — Samuel Ullman

Environmentally, the planet will not sustain the kind of abuse it receives at our hands. — Marianne Williamson

He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Every man is received in heaven who receives heaven in himself while in the world, and he is excluded who does not. — Emanuel Swedenborg

That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,- Creation's blot, creation's blank. — Thomas Gibbons

The world should take notice when someone ... with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, receives his marching orders from Heaven. — Rodrigue Tremblay

Every person receives two educations in life; one they receive from others, and; more importantly, the one they give themselves. — Charles MacAlister

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world. — Anna C. Brackett

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. — Jonathan Swift

We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life. — Bill Toomey

Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun. — Seth Shostak

Lack one lacks both, and the unseen is proved by the seen,
Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn. — Walt Whitman

A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it. — Richard Steele

There comes a moment when it is no longer you who takes the photograph, but receives the way to do it quite naturally and fully. — Sebastiao Salgado

Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time. — Ferran Adria

She now receives love, attention, and invisible presents from a hallucinatory gentleman who visits faithfully each evening. — Oliver Sacks

Knowledge knocks on the door of action. If it receives a reply, it stays. Otherwise, it departs. — Sufyan Al-Thawri

The Warrior of the Light knows the value of persistence and of courage. Often, during combat, he receives blows that he was not expecting. — Paulo Coelho

Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it! — Bill Hybels

The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD. — Anonymous

Your prayers will certainly be answered. Everyone who asks receives. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists, — Annaleigh Ashford

The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives. — Maria Montessori

It's our job as economic developers in the state to make sure any prospect receives all available incentives. — Larry Williams

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. — Samuel Johnson

A fool despises his father's instruction,
But he who receives correction is prudent. — King Solomon

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner Of Braunstone

Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving;
Back of the hand that receives thrill the sensitive nerves of receiving. — Richard Realf

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them. — Rod McKuen

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. — Jack Canfield

He who receives his friends and gives no personal attention to the meal which is being prepared for them, is not worthy of having friends. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. — William Wordsworth

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on. — Simone Weil

When death becomes the property of the believer it receives a new name and is called sleep. — William Arnot

In the general throng, many a fool receives decorations and titles. — Stefan Zweig

Canada receives the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden with sober satisfaction. Sadly, others will take his place. — Stephen Harper

And Rumi tells us, 'Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue'. — Idries Shah

A strong Protectionist, believes
In everything but Heaven.
For entertainment, dines, receives,
Unmarried, 57. — Hilaire Belloc

Love mistakes, as it's us that receives blessings from them in the end. — Minzy

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes. — Seneca The Younger

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. — Adrian Rogers

The vicious result of privilege is that the creature who receives it becomes incapacitated by it as by a disease. — Pearl S. Buck

Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives. — William Wordsworth

There is in true grace an infinite circle: a man by thirsting receives, and receiving thirsts for more. — Thomas Shepard

He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. — Ambrose

The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it. — Cato The Elder

Welcome the righteous,
avoid the wicked,
and yet open both arms to the repentant.
Whoever receives them receives God. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We must ensure not only that everyone receives equal pay for equal work, but that they have the opportunity to do equal work. — Satya Nadella

He who gives love, receives love. — Omar Torrijos Herrera

A man who experiences difficult trials usually receives special visions — Sunday Adelaja

The love a boy receives from his mother will set the tone for his future relationships. — Vicki Courtney

He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing; we only receive from Him. — Martin Luther

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself. — Edward Gibbon

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better. — Tryon Edwards

A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance. — Martha Beck

God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it. — Saint Augustine

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them. — Publilius Syrus

The comedian can put the punchline out there, but it's the audience that receives it - and has to get it. — Rachel Sklar

A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool. — Tad Williams

[The child receives impressions like] a photographic exposure that can be developed after any interval of time and transformed into a picture. — Sigmund Freud

The frequency of your heart receives love. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

hope, although rooted in the past and acted out in the present, receives its energy from the future. — Andrew D. Lester

Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more. — Criss Jami

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. — Vladimir Putin

The success of a terrorist operation depends almost entirely on the amount of publicity it receives. — Walter Laqueur

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity. — Ambrose Bierce

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself. — John Philip Sousa

It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them. — Teresa Of Avila

Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit. — John Stuart Mill

He who receives an injury is to some extent an accomplice of the wrong-doer. — Henry David Thoreau

Faith receives, day by day, what a loving Heavenly Father apportions ... — Elisabeth Elliot

I will put my heart and soul into making sure that the care your son or daughter or mum or dad receives is the same I would want for my own family. — Michael Gove

When you invite Jesus Christ into your life and embrace his command, Satan receives an eviction notice. Romans 10:9 — Felix Wantang

As two pieces of wax fused together make one so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ. — Cyril Of Alexandria

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words. — George Ade

Only he who gives thanks for the little things receives the big things. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Every child that receives life advice should keep in mind that in every parent's past, there's leftover booze and contraceptives. — Bauvard

The friend of silence comes close to God. In secret he converses with him and receives his light. — John Climacus

Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned. — Robert Lembke

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others. — Jose Rizal