Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Anderson, Sparky

Best Quotes about Giving

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Speare, Grace

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Reed, Scott

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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.

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

10.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

11.

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

12.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil

13.

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

P. D. James

14.

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

15.

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

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He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

Kempis, Thomas

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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

18.

There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

Lombardi, Vince

19.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Publilius Syrus

21.

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

Jackson, Jesse

22.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

23.

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

Camus, Albert

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

Bunyan, John

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

Marden, Orison Swett

26.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

27.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

28.

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

Braunstein, Richard

29.

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

Baldwin, James

30.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

31.

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

Graham, Billy

32.

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

33.

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

Anderson, Sparky

34.

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

Young, Vash

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

Bible

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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

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

40.

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

41.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

Sheen, Fulton John

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca