Bestowed Quotes

(On providing the voice of Superman in "Superman" (1996)) Initially, I thought, "Oh, this is a fun little job doing a little cartoon." I didn`t realize the grave responsibility that was bestowed upon me.

Sympathy is something that shouldn`t be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don`t believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator if the universe.

A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don`t love to be loved; we love to love.