Giving
Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
- Lao-Tzu
- Lao-Tzu
Getters don't get -- givers get.
- Benge, Eugene
- Benge, Eugene
Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
- Andy Rooney
- Andy Rooney
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
- Doug Larson
- Doug Larson
The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
- Walt Whitman
- Walt Whitman
You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.
A good name is seldom got by giving it to one’s self.
- William Wycherley
- William Wycherley
Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.
- Gandhi, Mahatma
- Gandhi, Mahatma
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
- Beecher, Henry Ward
- Beecher, Henry Ward
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
- Bateson, Mary
- Bateson, Mary
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
- Riley, Pat
- Riley, Pat
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
- Byron, Lord
- Byron, Lord
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.
- Edwards, Flora
- Edwards, Flora
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
- Rowland, Helen
- Rowland, Helen
Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.
- Barkin, Ellen
- Barkin, Ellen
Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.
- Glenconner, Pamela
- Glenconner, Pamela
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
- Hammarskjold, Dag
- Hammarskjold, Dag
Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill.
- Morrison, Edmund
- Morrison, Edmund
A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.
- Benjamin H. Brewster
- Benjamin H. Brewster


















