Best 239 quotes in «granted quotes» category

How insensitive, inartistic, unscientific, and ungracious it is to take anything for granted!

Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare various decisions.

I also take it as granted that every created thing, and consequently the created monad also, is subject to change, and indeed that this change is continual in each one.

I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

I ask of any God, of any gods, that if they give immortality, I hope to be granted oblivion also.

I appreciate everything that I have, versus taking it for granted.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.

If associations to control burglary and murder were tolerated we should take it for granted that the members should all be burglers and murderers.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

If a German company takes over 51 percent of an Indian one, it is given far-reaching controlling rights. But if an Indian company owns the majority of a German company, it is granted only very limited influence. That is unfair.

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.

I feel lucky that I'm working at all. I don't take any job for granted. I enjoy this. It's all enjoyable for me. It's all part of it.

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, "Oh, that's what they always do." "Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that," then I know nothing of Calvary love.

I feel strongly about showing up and being prepared and not taking the opportunity for granted and being conscientious about my fellow co-workers.

I grew up taking it for granted that missionaries were what American boys grew up to be.

If you go back to Adam Smith, you find the idea that markets and market forces operate as an invisible hand. This is the traditional laissez-faire market idea. But today, when economics is increasingly defined as the science of incentive, it becomes clear that the use of incentives involves quite active intervention, either by an economist or a policy maker, in using financial inducements to motivate behavior. In fact, so much though that we now almost take for granted that incentives are central to the subject of economics.

If you refuse where you have always granted you invite to theft.

I guess the main thing is, you unconsciously take things for granted, and you think the audience is with you, because you're with yourself.

I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically.

I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.

I live life and I don't take it for granted.

I have no lucky charm. I am 100 percent superstition-free, and I take nothing for granted.

I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

I learned at an early age that every breath that we take is borrowed. We need to be thankful for our life and never take it for granted.

I learned that once it's over, it's really over, and to not take anything for granted.

I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.

I'll never take for granted the opportunity to put on a Dodger uniform.

I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.

I love going out to clubs. Granted, I don't get hammered or do anything to embarrass myself. I'd call myself wholesome but it's not like I only drink milk.

I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.

I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.

I'm not saving lives. I'm singing and I should go placidly and joyously through the whole thing and work hard and not take it for granted. It's great to have this gift.

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

I'm not only a romanticist but a romantic myself. I take it for granted the originality matters.

I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.

In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, Josée Jongen.

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted.

In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved.

I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that I have been shown, I now know what it means to be 'beloved.' I now know that no breath is to be taken for granted.

I promised myself that no matter where I went, what I did, I'd never take anything for granted again.

In taking life for granted, we fail to notice it.

In the realm of scientific observation, luck is granted only to those who are prepared.

I, quite frankly, am grateful for every day. I don't take anything for granted.

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.