Quotes about Receiving

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

We have nothing to do but to receive, resting absolutely upon the merit, power, and love of our Redeemer.

At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.

Grace cannot be confused with righteousness. Grace is receiving what we do not deserve; mercy is not receiving what we do deserve. Righteousness, on the other hand, includes what most of us would consider difficult matters, such as punishment, correction and judgment. It also includes what most of us would consider positive matters, such as the fruit of the Spirit.

A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.

A shriveled humanity has a shrunken capacity for receiving the rays of God's love.

Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.

We will never believe that we have anything to give unless there is someone who is able to receive.

It is not easy for us, busy people, to truly receive a blessing. Perhaps the fact that few people offer a real blessing is the sad result of the absence of people who are willing and able to receive such a blessing. It has become extremely difficult for us to stop, listen, pay attention, and receive gracefully what is offered to us.

Do not be afraid" (Matt. 28:10). It is as though God is saying to us, "I am the God of love, a God who invites you to receive the gifts of joy and peace and gratitude the poor have discovered, and to let go of your fears so that you can start sharing what you hoard.

Prayer then becomes an attitude that sees the world not as something to be possessed but as a gift that speaks constantly of the Giver. It leads us out of the suffering that comes from insisting on doing things our way. It opens our hearts to receive. And prayer refreshes our memory about how other people reveal to us the gift of life.

Faith is precisely trusting that you who give gratuitously will receive gratuitously, but not necessarily from the person to whom you gave.