Granted Quotes

“Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“The human ego is the ugliest part of man. We lift up men who only show us darkness, and put down those brave enough to show us the light. Likewise, people engage in darkness when it is light outside, and acknowledge the light only when it is dark. We abandon those fighting for us to cheer behind those fighting against us. And, we only remember good people and God when it is convenient for us, and take them for granted because their doors are always open - only to chase after closed doors and personalities void of substance and truth.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Even the most
beautiful
of the stars
are taken
for granted
night after
night.”
― Veronika Jensen

“For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.”
― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer

“Never take today for granted, tomorrow might never come.”
― Matt Vella

“Most of the people who don't express much are the ones who are too afraid of being taken for granted.”
― Nitya Prakash

“Fasting in each of the senses, strengthens the grip of life.

After silence, each uttering as music.

After hunger, each tasting, delicious.

After smell, each flower, a heavenly scent.

After darkness, each sunray, as meeting the angels.

After winter, delicious heavenly scent of angelic music, warming of heart, elevation of soul.

After great effort, blissful rest.

Fast from heat, love, company, intimacy, curiosity. Fast in all things.

Occasionally deprive yourself of life, and truly you will live. Let each machine in each factory have its rest and maintenance, for they will strengthen in efficiency.

Recovery.”
― Tharistw

“Appreciate and don't take for granted the things and people you have. Better yet take the good out of the situations you may face, I think 2020 came to teach us that.”
― Hopal Green

“Who has waited longest for this kiss?”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“What if the inanimate were forced into motion?”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“What if they didn't know how to feel,
not even how they were supposed to feel.

Imagine: there would be no mercy in them.”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“I said no—and then it was abuzz inside me,
all wings, restless—”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“Raw lust for romance—”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“I have only to touch you to be suddenly lifted
into the cradle of your arms, to surrender completely . . . .”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“They pick and play me, as if I were made for them.

What was I made for, then?”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“Why else would two people shut
their green blinds and half
fall into each other?”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“There is courtship, and there is hunger.”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“I suppose
there are grips from which even angels cannot fly.
Even imagined ones.”
― Mary Szybist, Granted

“Life is too good to be taken for granted.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“When you take things for granted, you diminish their importance and may even jeopardize their very existence.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Make yourself a little harder to get. Knowing you're available all the time is the invitation to be taken for granted.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“Learn to love them indefinitely without making them lose your respect because when you love someone selflessly, they often tend to take your love for granted.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“Concentrating on the little things hidden in your daily routines and actions that you might otherwise take for granted. These positive droplets create a micro-squirt of dopamine (pleasure) and serotonin (happiness).”
― Simon Marshall, The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

“Take your dreams for granted at your own peril.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Oneironaut’s Diary

“Do not take for granted the life God has given you.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Just because people run after you doesn't mean they can't stay away from you. Don't take anyone for granted.”
― Ojingiri Hannah

“People miss God by taking the present moment for granted.”
― RC

“People miss God by taking the present moment for granted.”
― Robert Celner

“The greatest gift is understanding that everything is a gift.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Choices aren’t universal; they’re a privilege many take for granted.”
― Marion Bekoe