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The Law was never given to gentiles but to Jews only, so why do so many gentiles struggle today with mixing law and grace? — John Paul Warren

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for. — John Malkovich

All I wanted was to love him as much as possible in the limited time given to me. — Stephenie Meyer

That the hungover eye had a weird ability to find the ugliest things in any given landscape. — Stephen King

We're given a hand to play. We can be negative and be miserable or be positive and happy, making the best of it. — Terri Haynes Roach

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life. — Abbas Kiarostami

The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself. — Pablo Picasso

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

The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

Knowledge is acquired by diligent study. But wisdom is given by the revere of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

She'd given it two good years. The problem was, Don had only given it one. — Cindy Gerard

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance. — Mindy Cohn

Whate'er my doom;
It cannot be unhappy: God hath given me
The boon of resignation. — Woodrow Wilson

Capitalization learning: we get good at something by building on the strengths that we are naturally given. — Malcolm Gladwell

MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:
WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND. — R.J. Palacio

P38- little tarzan, which was the name they had given to the tiny lord greystoke and which meant white skin — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I reported everything I was given, even if I didn't keep - I did not keep the vast majority of it. — Tim Kaine

I am not their f*****g entertainment. And I am not a f*****g hero! Given the choice, a hero would do exactly the same again. I wouldn't. Okay? — Andrew Barrett

The economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy. — Bill Bonner

Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you. — Amy Waldman

The task of preserving and advancing the highest humanity, given to this earth by the benevolence of the Almighty, seems a truly high mission. — Adolf Hitler

Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them. — Tommy Ramone

I've been given this blessing, which is my granddaughter. You're no longer just you. You suddenly fit into the chest of drawers of life. — Joanna Lumley

If we want to know our God-given gifts, we must know the giver. — Eric Samuel Timm

I am very grateful for all the opportunities life has given me. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The great thing about life-the most magnificent thing about being these sentient human beings-is that we have been given the power of choice. — Bryant McGill

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice. — Dayananda Saraswati

The saints' deep secret is this: do not seek freedom, and freedom will be given you. — Tito Colliander

The thing about dignity: it can be destroyed, but not taken unless it's given away. It can always be beautified. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really. — Lydia Davis

Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

If I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives. — Stephenie Meyer

In the long run luck is given only to the efficient. — Helmuth James Graf Von Moltke

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up. — Miguel Syjuco

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most. — Jonah Lomu

I'm trying to be a professional singer ... I've never been given the chance before. But here's hoping it'll change. — Susan Boyle

He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their ancestors. — Terry Pratchett

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery ... is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind. — Pope John Paul II

pharmaceutical industry hasn't given us an entirely new antibiotic since the 1970s. Our — Bill Bryson

The authority that God has given you over Satan is ample, wide-ranging, thorough, all embracing — Pedro Okoro

Cradle of Solitude
For we know not why our tribulations
are given as such
our fragile forms
created from the dust ... — Muse

Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose. — Rufus Sewell

We will struggle with self-doubt, distractions, addictions, unhappiness and dissatisfaction until we surrender and commit to our God-given calling. — Shannon Tanner

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. — Orison Swett Marden

I would join Sisyphus in Hades and gladly push my boulder up the slope if only, each time it rolled back down, I were given a line of Aeschylus. — Tom Stoppard

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation. — C.S. Lewis

Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market. — Arthur Hugh Clough

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject. — Eliza Haywood

While I never served in uniform, I fully understand the great service and sacrifice that our brave men and women have given to our country. — Marc Veasey

Most folks are basically decent. If given the chance they will live and let live. But our world has been hijacked by the fear-driven rapacious. — Mark Landau

Occasionally, you will be given the chance to be either intellectual or pleasant. Leave being intellectual to others. — Ernie J Zelinski

Pride had given way at last, obstinacy was gone: the will was powerless. — Emmuska Orczy

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing. — Ilya Ehrenburg

It's the combination of improbability with an independently given pattern that discredits chance. — William Lane Craig

Supplication is to implore God for mercy and compassion, to have pity upon you or to grant you the request given and expect that He will do it. — Robin Bertram

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all. — Norman Cousins

The long years had taught him that everything worked itself out given enough time, and some things would always be the way fate wished them to be. — Michelle M. Pillow

Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat. — Anais Nin

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed. — Matthew Henry

An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings. — Don Rickles

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. — Ambrose Bierce

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return — Anonymous

You will understand why when you look back, the answers are rarely given in the middle of the lesson. — Leon Brown

Power is given only to the one who dares to reach down and take it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You are only given one life, one chance at fully living it ... take risks, believe in your dreams, explore the world and her people, live out loud! — Danell Lynn

It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with, it is the mother of the thing you fear. The very thing that has given birth to the nightmare. — David Whyte

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string. — Alannah Myles

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life. — Pliny The Elder

The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you. — Ben Whishaw

The Internet is one of the most revolutionary technologies the world has ever known. It has given us an entire universe of information in our pockets. — Marvin Ammori

We're given second chances every day of our life. We don't usually take them, but they're there for the taking. — Andrew Greeley

I had been given the greatest gift an education could provide: I had a better idea of what it meant to live a good life — Eric Greitens

The main "food" God has given to strengthen us is the Bible, the Word of God. — Billy Graham

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives. — Bryan Chapell

I'm happy, certainly, given the times we're living in, to be doing OK, and to not be worrying about money, and to be producing something I enjoy. — Marc Maron

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation. — Simin Daneshvar

We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians. — Ambrose

When creative individuals are given a stage, they have the power to advance humanity — Pharrell Williams

Well, Mr Ward. Given how much sex we have, I'd say you're the majority shareholder of power in this relationship. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Results from a given approach are " facts " as long as the approach fits the group or the tradition that is being addressed — Paul Feyerabend

Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour. — David Livingstone

If I have been given any gift in this life, it's my ability to live simultaneously in the rational world and the world of imagination. — Tom Robbins

Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy. — Joni Mitchell

When everything is said and done, the only thing that really matters is the quality of the soul you build during the life you're given. — Kayt C. Peck

You are never asked to do more than you are able without being given the strength and ability to do it. — Eileen Caddy

We really have no choice in the matter. We are given a description of the world that is much more potent and much deeper than you might realize. — Frederick Lenz

The only thing I am allowed, the only thing I am given, is myself. It is enough, but only barely. — David Levithan

My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes. — Bruce Robinson

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility. — Claire Danes

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. — Friedrich Schiller

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line. — Walter Scott

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years. — Albert Ellis

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction — John Calvin

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world. — Christian Dior

The God-given vocation of theology is to be a servant of the Truth, never his self-appointed master. — John Clark

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA — Abraham Lincoln

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. — Max Beerbohm

Stomach-sleepers like me were in retreat from reality, given to dark perception and the meditative arts. This — Jeffrey Eugenides

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success. — Sting