Motivational Quotes

Giving

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

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Best Quotes about Giving

1.

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.

Young, Vash

2.

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

3.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Graham, Billy

4.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

5.

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

6.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

7.

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

Robbins, Anthony

8.

Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.

Bible

9.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35]

Bible

10.

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

11.

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

Munthe, Axel

12.

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

P. D. James

13.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

14.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

15.

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

16.

Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

17.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

18.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

19.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Ruskin, John

20.

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

Lao-Tzu

21.

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

Mother Teresa

22.

The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

23.

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

24.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

25.

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

Jackson, Jesse

26.

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

Bible

27.

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

28.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Lewis, C. S.

29.

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

30.

While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

Joyce, James

31.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

32.

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

Reed, Scott

33.

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

34.

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

35.

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

Edwards, Flora

36.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Anderson, Sparky

37.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Rogers, Will

38.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

39.

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

40.

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

Camus, Albert

41.

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

Sarton, May

42.

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

43.

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Publilius Syrus

44.

You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer

45.

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

46.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

47.

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

Macewan, Norman

48.

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

Canfield, Jack

49.

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

Ross, Percy

50.

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