Veronica Roth Quotes

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

A gift of truth is the gift of love.

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

Any time you make the transfer of 'I've created something, and I'm giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,' that's good.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

If someone gives you support, and there are no conditions attached, why shouldn't I accept it?

I give you something, but I don't want you to give me something tomorrow. When I give something, it's because I want to give it.

To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive.

Acknowledging someone is an act of altruism in the first place, so converting that act of altruism into a pizza party or company fleece jacket or a gift card is fine, but it's not in keeping with spirit in which it all began.

Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.

The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

All you have is a gift a to give.

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

I'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if there's one thing I really want to do, it's to serve the people.

I love giving gifts. It's almost like I don't open my gifts until, like, three days after Christmas 'cause I want to give everyone else their presents.

Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for.

President Obama called me on his last day in office and said the only person who never asked him for anything was me.

The knighthood for my humanitarian work meant more than if it had been for my acting.

I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.

You can think you're living in the moment and you're thankful, but when somebody comes face to face with you and says, 'I just lost my child,' or 'I have months to live, and thank you...' I'm of course sad for them, but I'm thankful that I gave them a gift and they're giving me a gift.

For me, if I have done my duty, the continued approbation of Congress and the Marine Committee will make me rich indeed, and far more than reward me for a life of service devoted from principles of philanthropy, to support the dignity of human nature.

Out of profound gratitude for my adopted country, I can only say that I would like in this land to live and die, and while I live to help other people as much as possible, believing that only in service to other people can I possibly express my gratitude for all that America has done for me.