“Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.”

“We are given over to absolute solitude. No one can speak with us and no one can speak for us; we must take it upon ourselves, each of us must take it upon himself.”

“If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given.”

“God has given us two hands--one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.”

“Attention must be given to the study of the given operations. Their study with due allowance made for the existing means of warfare will make it possible to reach a number of useful theoretical conclusions for conducting operations in the initial phase of a war.”

“No one goes to the toilet in novels. You'd think none of us had bladders.”

“Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.”

“Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.”

“Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it”

“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”