Taking Quotes

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

“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

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

“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

“Partnership is giving, taking,
learning, teaching, offering the
greatest possible benefit while doing
the least possible harm.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

“There is a pleasure in being with them,' he says. 'Taking what we want, indulging in every terrible thought. There's safety in being awful.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I am taking a break, I need to breath!”
― Steven Magee

“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for herself.'

I shake my head at the absurdity of the statement.

He raises his brows. 'No? Still sitting at the table and waiting for permission to start eating?'

That's an uncomfortably accurate way of describing how I've lived my life.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“Taking some fresh air is safer than taking a thousand pills.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“The most important principle of the new association is to make the underdeveloped countries feel in truth that they belong. It is not a matter of giving, nor a matter of taking, nor even a matter of giving and taking; It is a matter of belonging.”
― Charles Malik

“Are you taking an old vaccine for a new mutant of COVID-19, or are you optimizing your body for infection?”
― Steven Magee

“I believe the only reason why Magee’s Disease did not kill me was because I was taking nutritional supplements.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“Taking DHEA caused a mental awakening in me.”
― Steven Magee

“After taking a break from my supplements for a few weeks, I started feeling lousy. Resuming them returned me into good health in just a day!”
― Steven Magee

“I am not taking the dirty secrets of the dangerous DeSoto Solar Farm to the grave.”
― Steven Magee

“It is important to experiment with supplements to verify you actually need to take them. Taking a non-essential supplement is just wasting your money.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Where is my brain taking me today?”
― Steven Magee

“When I stopped going to doctors offices and taking their prescription medications, I recovered my health!”
― Steven Magee

“My health significantly improved by taking alpha lipoic acid.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“Taking Amberen was how I discovered the treatment for Altitude Hypersensitivity.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“It is important to know which supplements you are taking are associated with toxicity to the human.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“When taking nutritional supplements, it is important to know which ones have toxicity associated with them.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“Tropical storms typically have up to a steady 73 MPH wind with higher wind gusts. It's like taking the house for a drive down the interstate!”
― Steven Magee

“There are many Ukrainians that are okay with Russia taking control of the country, as it used to be a Russian state.”
― Steven Magee

“It’s quiet for a second and so I start to think. About how people take from each other. They take and take. Our world itself is a great big taking. And life is just giving. We give away everything we have, one day at a time, until we can’t give no more.

I guess that’s the price of living.”
― Daniel H. Wilson, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

“Doesn't the female always take what she wants and at the same time try to hang on to what she already has?”
― Ann Petry, The Narrows