“I feel like a new person. I learned how to deal with people when I wasn't a football player. I always wondered how they'd react to me, if they'd respect me. I found out I have other attributes that I like-and that others like. The injury made me a lot more mature. I have a better grasp of reality in life. I'm more patient and giving. I'm a lot closer to my family and more team oriented. I'm so much stronger emotionally. I have proven to myself that I can overcome the most dreaded injury in football. It's almost like dying and realizing life has been given back to me. I can't wait to play.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsPersonsHas BeensMadeI CanPlayRealityFoundGivenWaitingRealizingDealsPlayerTeamDyingFootballMy FamilyOvercomingStrongerPatientInjuryMatureAttributesProvenAmerican FootballFootball PlayerRespect Me Author:Keith Millard
“Meditation gives you personal power. You will notice that people will treat you differently as you progress because they can feel that power. Use that power wisely. If you search your heart, I think you will.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingFeelsHeartUseMeditationProgressBuddhismTreatsPersonal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.” PeopleIfsLifeGivingMotivationalSuccessOpportunityForcePowerfulAcceptingFailingWillingBlessingEssentialsHandleBitterMost PowerfulDisguisePillsBounceBlessings In Disguise Author:Joseph Sugarman
“I rest in the light of forgiveness. I forgive myself and others for that which is done (and better left undone) and also that which is not done (and better if done). I give myself permission to enjoy this moment without guilt. I freely release all uncertainty, regret, and fear.” IfsGivingDoneMomentsLightLeftEnjoyRegretForgivingGuiltReleaseUncertaintyPermissionUndone Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.” IfsGivingSelfAwarenessSadSelf AwarenessSignificantTrophiesValidation Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“If... Adam had trusted in God and been nourished from the tree of life (Gn. 2:9)? he would not have set aside the immortality that had been granted. For such immortality is eternally preserved by participation in life, since all life is genuine and preserved by appropriate food. The food of that blessed life is 'the bread that came down from heaven and gives life to the world' (Jn. 6:33), just as the inerrant Word Himself declares about Himself in the Gospels.” IfsWorldGivingChristianLife IsHeavenTreeBlessedGenuineBreadGrantedImmortalityAppropriateOrthodoxAdamTrustedParticipationBlessed LifeTree Of Life Author:Maximus the Confessor
“If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.” IfsGivingWellsFilmWrittenDirectorsCleverWell WrittenVery Clever Author:Patrice Leconte
“I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.” IfsGivingYearsNextStuffNext Year Author:David Morrissey
“I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.” IfsThinkingGivingRealityLanguageInterestingMathPhysicsCompellingScenariosReally CoolEntryDisconnected Author:Randall Munroe
“If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.” IfsGivingPiecesAdviceCollegeBeing TrueBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfOne PieceFreshmanCollege Freshmen Author:Beverley Mitchell
“It really just gives you a sense of when you need to have dialogue and when you don't, and if your pictures are telling the story, you don't need to have all this talking.” IfsNeedsGivingStoriesTalkingDialogue Author:Craig McCracken
“I love actors and I feel like, if you usually allow people some say, most people, if they start to feel comfortable, they're going to have a voice. If they feel heard, then they will give back 10 times as much to you.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsActorsVoiceHeardComfortableGiving Back Author:Vince Vaughn
“Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them.” PeopleIfsGivingBlameFolks Author:Rob Woodall