Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Never Eat Alone
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“Ask and you shall receive" is the rule, but you must learn how to ask and how to receive”
Gary Zukav (1942) American writer and revivalist
“What you receive is directly connected to what you believe”
Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author
Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
“For it is in giving that we receive.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
“There is more joy in giving than in receiving.”
Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
2008, Closing Mass (19 July 2008)
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
Acts 20:35b
New Testament, Acts of the Apostles
“Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.”
James Montgomery (1771–1854) British editor, hymn writer, and poet
The World before the Flood, Canto v. Compare: "It is to hope, though hope were lost", Anna Letitia Barbauld, Come here, Fond Youth.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“There are some who receive ten and give one.”
Poemen (340–450) Egyptian monk and desert father
Saying 88
Context: A brother asked Abba Poemen, "Can a man keep all his thoughts in control, and not surrender one to the enemy?" And the old man said to him, "There are some who receive ten and give one."