No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. — James Allen
We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds. — Marianne Williamson
Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated, Love is gained and Loyalty is returned.
If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where to return Mondays! — John Wagner
Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin. — Antoni Gaudi
I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there. — LeBron James
Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.
Point Of No Return Quotes
What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return — Barack Obama
I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return. — Tom Hiddleston
The big problem in the long process of dumbing down the schools is that you can reach a point of no return. How are parents who never received a decent education themselves to recognize that their children are not getting a decent education? — Thomas Sowell
The mind that opens up to a new idea never returns to its original size.
When swimming into a dark tunnel,there arrives a point of no return when you no longer have enough breath to double back.your choice is to swim forward into the unknown....and pray for an exit — Dan Brown
An event horizon, or the point of no return, is only a byproduct of the bending of space. However, electricity and magnetism, by themselves, have no event horizon. It gets complicated, however, if a black hole has charge, and then this new solution does have an event horizon. — Michio Kaku
I had a perfect confidence, still unshaken, in books. If you read enough you would reach the point of no return. You would cross over and arrive on the safe side. There you would drink the strong waters and become addicted, perhaps demented - but a Reader. — Helen Bevington
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, learn, grow, love and then return home.
There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives. — Graham Greene
There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return. — Dag Hammarskjold
We need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time. We are truly at the point of no return. — Graciela Chichilnisky
We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make. — Jeff Corwin
Don't Expect Anything In Return Quotes
Create a wisdom and share it with others; in return, don't wait for anything, not even a simple thanks, because expecting something in return does not belongs to the wisdom! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Doing goodness is good only when you don't expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt. — Madonna Ciccone
Travel. Because money returns, time doesn't.
Do something nice for somebody. Do something nice for God. Do something nice for the earth - and don't expect anything in return or you will suffer. — Frederick Lenz
Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice. — Dillon Burroughs
Give And Expect Nothing In Return Quotes
Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever. — Cory Booker
When you give, expect nothing from people and everything from Allah. — Omar Suleiman
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain. — Francois FeNelon
Whatever is yours will always come back to you.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving. — Katharine Hepburn
Love In Return Quotes
Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
to love is to risk, not being loved in return. to hope is to risk pain. to try is to risk failure. but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in my life is to risk nothing. — Bob Marley
Have you ever sent a loved son on vacation, and had him returned to you in a pine box, so horribly battered and water-logged that someone needs to tell you this sickening sight is your son, lynched? — Mamie Till
Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. — Maya Angelou
No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah. — Ibn Taymiyyah
Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love was an ephemeral truth in the end. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Quit your job. Buy a ticket. Get a tan. Fall in love. Never return. — Spencer Antle
I love myself, therefore, I behave in a loving way to all people for I know that that which I give out returns to me multiplied. — Louise Hay
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. — Robert Muller
The true power of love is found in selfless attitudes and actions that seek the best for another person without expecting anything in return. When we act in that way, the feeling of love follows close behind. — David Jeremiah
Return To Me Quotes
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. — Leo Buscaglia
Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me.
Today, I choose to give love. — Louise Hay
Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me. — Bayard Rustin
It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again. — Parmenides
I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment. — Malcolm X
Please pray & wish me well (in hearing session). All I want is to clear my name and return to the badminton. — Lee Chong Wei
Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.
Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day. — Fred F. Fielding
On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned. — Lionel Blue
If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple life epitomized in the charkha, I do so because I know that without an intelligent return to simplicity, there is no escape from our d. — Mahatma Gandhi
Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen — George R. R. Martin
Return Back Quotes
How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep...that have taken hold. — J. R. R. Tolkien
The ones who are planning on returning to the old normal are going to be continually disappointed because they’re going to find there’s no evidence that the old normal is coming back. — Dan Sullivan
If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes. — Chuck Palahniuk
Always remember: be kind, be fair, be honest, be true and all of these things will return to you.
True love does not have attachments. You give freely, without caring what comes back in return. — Corey Wayne
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again. — Yvon Chouinard
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence. — Ma Jian
Travel. Because money returns time doesn't.
As impossible, in fact, as keeping the moon... So I looked down the line at all my friends, knowing I would always remember this. And then I turned my gaze back up to the sky, and put my faith in that moon and its return. — Sarah Dessen
When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner. — Takuan Soho
I believe the world economy will crash when Russia or China moves to a gold-backed currency. They know that when this thing blows, the old law returns: he with most gold makes the rules. — Max Keiser
Nature demands a gift for everything that it gives, so what we have to keep doing, is returning [leaves & compost materials] back to the soil, then we're continuously giving the gifts to nature, because we have a return cycle. — Geoff Lawton
Return Of The King Quotes
Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. — J. R. R. Tolkien
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. — J. R. R. Tolkien
I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. — J. R. R. Tolkien
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go — J. R. R. Tolkien
Let him go, you filth! Let him go! You will not touch him again! — J. R. R. Tolkien
Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle. — J. R. R. Tolkien
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Expecting Nothing In Return Quotes
Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect. — Colin Powell
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you. — Wayne Dyer
Love in its purest form is a sharing of joy. It asks nothing in return, it expects nothing. Love is a spiritual phenomenon; lust is physical. Ego is psychological; love is spiritual. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time. — Paulo Coelho
To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return. — Kate Millett
If there's a thing I've learned in my life it's to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don't — Cassandra Clare
Invest in yourself first. Expect nothing from no one and be willing to work for everything. — Tony Gaskins
Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return. — Simon Sinek
Love the people that wanna see you be successful and help you expecting nothing in return. That’s priceless. Those are real friends. — Mark Patterson
Return On Investment Quotes
So this is the goal: To make money by increasing net profit, while simultaneously increasing return on investment, and simultaneously increasing cash flow. — Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Market history is filled with examples of companies that returned over 100x on an initial investment. The difficulty is in finding and holding on to those companies over many years. — Thomas Phelps
But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people. — Kevin Mitnick
Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment. — Max von Sydow
An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. — Benjamin Graham
Everyone wants a conversation. They want inspiration. Inspire people with your website. Don’t just interrupt, but interact. Asking about Return on Investment is the wrong question today. You should be asking about Return on Involvement. — Kevin Roberts
My view is that an investor is better off knowing a lot about a few investments than knowing a little about each of a great many holdings. One's very best idea's are likely to generate higher returns for a given level of risk than one's hundredth or thousandth best idea. — Seth Klarman
Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital. — Jeff Bezos
Reading is the best return on investment. You have to live your entire life in order to know one life. But with reading you can know 1000s of people's lives for almost no cost. What a great return! — James Altucher
Future U.S. political leaders – those for whom the Cold War was not the formative experience that it was for me – may not consider the return on America’s investment in NATO worth the cost. — Robert M. Gates
Safe Return Quotes
(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success. — Ernest Shackleton
Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return. — Bob Taft
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home. — Matt Blunt
As a tree, even though it has been cut down, is firm so long as its root is safe, and grows again, thus, unless the feeders of thirst are destroyed, the pain (of life) will return again and again. — Max Muller
The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home. — George W. Bush
Here I am, safely returned over those peaks from a journey far more beautiful and strange than anything I had hoped for or imagined - how is it that this safe return brings such regret? — Peter Matthiessen
I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure. — Eugene Delacroix
I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county, to consist of a few well-chosen books, to be lent to the people of the country under regulations as would secure their safe return in due time. — Thomas Jefferson
The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we had to return to our real life to face the wounds and grief indigenous to our homr by the river. — Pat Conroy
The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan. — Michael Mullen
If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were. — Anonymous
Be confident. Be compassionate. Be intelligent. Be humble. Be generous. The universe returns to you what you put out. — Lauren Jauregui
Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. — Socrates
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. — Kahlil Gibran
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence. — Og Mandino
Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life. We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honour. — Muammar al-Gaddafi
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game. — Joni Mitchell
Those who march with us will certainly face abuse, misunderstanding, bitter animosity, and possibly the ferocity of struggle and of danger. In return, we can only offer to them the deep belief that they are fighting that a great land may live. — Oswald Mosley
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives. — Henri Nouwen
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things. — Robert Hooke
We feel the beauty of nature because we are part of nature and because we know that however much in our separate domains we abstract from the unity of Nature, this unity remains. Although we may deal with particulars, we return finally to the whole pattern woven out of these. — Ernest Everett Just
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. — Florence Scovel Shinn
Return to a simpler life, and you will see that behind the expensive cars, the fashionable clothes, the empty celebrities, the fancy houses and the thick layers of make-up life has real meaning. Behind all the lies there is a deep well of wisdom that we can all drink from, and grow wiser, healthier and happier. — Varg Vikernes
One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure - and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy. — Jeff Cooper
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. — Anne Lamott
Music without words means
leaving behind the mind.
And leaving behind the mind
is meditation.
Meditation returns you
to the source.
And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the mother is also the safest approach. — Michel Odent
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn
Whatever you desire for yourself, affirm it for others, and it will help you both. We reap what we sow. If we send out thoughts of love and health, they return to us like bread cast upon the waters; but if we send out thoughts of fear, worry, jealousy, anger, hate, etc., we will reap the results in our own lives. — Charles F. Haanel
You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms. — Terence McKenna
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