Motivational Quotes

Giving

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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Best Quotes about Giving

1.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

La Fontaine, Jean De

2.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

3.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Seneca

4.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

5.

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Wellesly, Rev. John

6.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Jackson, Jesse

7.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

Munro, Hector Hugh

8.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

9.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

10.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Hill, Napoleon

11.

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

12.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Lao-Tzu

13.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

14.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

15.

Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.

Parker, Dorothy

16.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

17.

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Proverb, Chinese

18.

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

19.

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Canfield, Jack

20.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Ford, Henry

21.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

P. D. James

22.

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:48]

Bible

23.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

24.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

Bunyan, John

25.

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

Leverson, Ada

26.

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

27.

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

Reed, Scott

28.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

29.

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

30.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

31.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]

Bible

32.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Angelis, Barbara De

33.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving -- and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it -- and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

Collier, Robert

34.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

35.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Mckeun, Rod

36.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner

37.

Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.

Johnson, Dave

38.

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

Bible

39.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

40.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

41.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

Camus, Albert

42.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

43.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

44.

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

45.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

46.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

47.

Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. [2 Corinthians 9:7]

Bible

48.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

49.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Lao-Tzu

50.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Addison, Joseph