giving

1.

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

2.

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

- Lao-Tzu

3.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

- Benge, Eugene

4.

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

5.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

- Doug Larson

6.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

- Walt Whitman

7.

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

8.

A good name is seldom got by giving it to one’s self.

- William Wycherley

9.

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

10.

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

- Beecher, Henry Ward

11.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

- Bateson, Mary

12.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

- Riley, Pat

13.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

- Byron, Lord

14.

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

- Edwards, Flora

15.

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

16.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

- Barkin, Ellen

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.

- Benjamin H. Brewster