Stephen King Quotes

There are no guarantees in life, but it is a sure thing that you will get back what you give. If you give 100 percent of your attention, energy, and time to a thing, you will get exactly that back. Make sure you give all that you have to make sure you will get all that you need.

As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.

You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

I'm a true believer that you get out of something what you put into it.

I'm a firm believer that you get back what you put in.

You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.

No form of human exchange is more profitable than the exchange of ideas. If I give you a thought in return for one of your thoughts, each of us will have gained a 100 percent dividend.

Education is the process of selling someone on books.

The more you put into it, the more you and the audience will get out of it.

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

If you are giving back, you took too much.

Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.

Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know.

We can teach only if we are willing to learn.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

I have found that the more I teach those who want to learn, the more I learn.

I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.

My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!

Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

Earnestly I must exert myself in order to return as much as I have received.

Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe.