Taking Quotes

“Nothing changes until people decide to do the things they must, in order to bring about peace.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you told me that I want too much, I considered how much you take.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

“THE UNFORGIVEN


Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people:

The kind who take and don't give.
The kind to whom you give and give,
And they keep asking.
The kind to whom you give and give and they say you gave nothing.
The kind whom have never offered anything,
But act like they're the ones providing
EVERYTHING.

The kind you give and give,
But take more than you can give.
And when they have already taken everything,
They get mad at you when you say you have
Nothing more to give.

The unforgiving,
The misgiving,
Wastefully living -
And selfishly driven.
The rat that never gives back,
Yet is so quick to attack -
Because they think the word
TAKING
Seriously means
GIVING.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus.”
― Oswald Chambers

“We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Taking time to relax every day, spending quality time with friends, and practicing mindfulness are some of the tried and tested ways of developing self-compassion.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“One thing I've learned: you never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.”
― Hilary Swank

“On building homes for fallen angels:

When I was small - I sought a home,
a place to go and rest my bones.
Then founded something, of my own,
I lived among the restless stones.

If seeking leads you back to evil,
what good is that, I asked a weevil.
He said a home is what you make,
it can't be real, if it is fake...

And if you wait instead of seek,
will you find love, or something bleak?
I know (myself) for I have found,
a beauty, hidden – in a sound.

Waiting is boring.
And so is exploring.
A smile is sometimes all it takes.
And then your whole world simply breaks.”
― Will Advise, Nothing is here...

“The difference between self love and being in love with yourself is that one results in giving and the other in taking.”
― Jeffrey Fry

“Beware of those who are stingy, for they would rather sting you than give you anything.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“There are those who live and die giving love, without receiving any. And those who live life just taking, never giving. So the universe gives a boon to a few lucky souls: Who they love will love them back—all their lives.”
― Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

“How will people remember you when you are gone? And for how long until they forget? Were you selfish or selfless? A gossip or a patient listener? Did you add value to the world, or did you simply take from it? Did you add value to the lives of others, or did you take the value out of someone's life? Were you a plus or negative? Meaningful or meaningless? Do you live to take or live to give?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Water is such a lifesaver into which we cannot breathe but without taking it into us we cannot live”
― Munia Khan

“Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer.”
― Karen Hawkins, The Abduction of Julia

“For some reason we humans forget that everything here on Earth is ours to borrow. We may use what we find but must replenish what we take.”
― Greg Dutilly, Many Roads

“Did you have a nice nap?' he asked. 'Yes, Sir. Naps are tricky. There's a little window of how long you can sleep that will leave you feeling awake and refreshed. But if you miss it and you nap less or more than that amount, you feel like crap the rest of the day. And then you will have insomnia, probably.' 'You're a real risk-taker," he said.”
― Joshua Edward Smith, Duality

“The majority of the common people do not realize that calling 911 may result in a stressed out armed police officer that has a range of medical issues and is taking potent prescription drugs being sent to out to them.”
― Steven Magee

“He saw clearly, immediately, that the man didn't care about the gift's value, didn't care about the gift even, but cared profoundly for the act of receiving as though the gift were a tribute, a confirmation of his self, his being, his reality. He found no pleasure in what he was taking but in the act of taking itself.”
― Ninotchka Rosca, State of War

“God is trying to tell us that there is a shift taking place in the body of Christ especially in the way we do church”
― Sunday Adelaja

“All the girls I had ever loved were mine. Each gave me what she alone had to give and to each I gave what she alone knew how to take.”
― Hermann Hesse

“Vincent took them in the full spirit of friendship which knows that the difference between giving and taking is purely temporal.”
― Irving Stone, Lust for Life

“Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes!”
― Deyth Banger

“I recently cleared up my Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). The condition is real, it has a sound foundation as to why it occurs in the human, and can be cleared up by taking the appropriate steps.”
― Steven Magee

“I advise people to be careful about taking advice from long term Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) victims. If they have had it for decades and have not cleared it up, then you can discount what they have to say regarding curing the condition. However, they are an excellent resource on the biological harm of electromagnetic fields (EMF), EMF avoidance and low EMF products.”
― Steven Magee, Curing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

“People die of love. I’m one of the few who’ll admit it. That doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

Take all the people who died yesterday, or last week, or last year. Subtract all the suicides and the so-called accidents of the brokenhearted. Take away the men who got blown away for being in the wrong bed at the wrong moment, the women in abusive marriages who died of cancer because they couldn’t find any other exit from their lives. All the AIDS deaths except from the needles and the transfusions, the ones they call the innocent victims. Like if you have sex, you’re guilty. Deserved just what you got.

Now tell me who all you’ve got left.

Without love the world would be overpopulated, except that without love it wouldn’t be populated at all. Love giveth and love taketh away and all that crap. You’ll probably say all those people died from the lack of love, but I say it’s two sides of the same coin. So it’s the same coin.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde

“The rich man gives and rarely ever takes.”
― VKBoy

“COVID-19 puts people through Hell before taking them to Heaven.”
― Steven Magee

“Our hell or heaven is how we make the earth. Don't limit your love and don't limit yourself.”
― Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

“2020 was a good year to be taking a multivitamin, a fish oil capsule and vitamins C and D.”
― Steven Magee

“Never give up on the good.
It may not be there for the taking,
but it is surely there for the making.”
― Chris Ernest Nelson