German Proverb Quotes

I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

You are beginning to see that any man to whom you can do favor is your friend, and that you can do a favor to almost anyone.

It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.

If you want people to support you, then you have to support them. You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.

It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.

You save my face this afternoon and I’ll save your face tomorrow.

We must support our supporters.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor

We don’t have a problem of leadership. We have a problem of followership.

Whatever I have said is in the interest of the system, and it has never been taken amiss.

You need to give to get. Give support to get it. Give praise to receive it. Give your best to get your wishes. Give more love to be beloved. Give to get.

I got a lot of respect for my OGs, so when they ask me to do something, I do it.

I never wanted something from somebody without being able to kind of reciprocate, I guess.

If you get something for nothing, part of you may be pleased, but part of you moves your hand to give something back.

When people do things to make your dream come true, you owe them in one way or another. Everyone understands that for every dream that comes true for you, there might not be a dream coming true for someone else. When we trade one wish for another, there's a price to pay. It works like that

A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There’s no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron)

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.

If I slip up and receive a good gift, I will not have given a good gift. This is probably a natural law that affects us all and needs a name. The Gift Reciprocal Law.

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.

It is hard to bite the hands that feed you, especially when you are competing for food.

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.