Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

2.

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

Proverb, Chinese

3.

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

Ruskin, John

4.

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

Robbins, Anthony

5.

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

6.

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

Speare, Grace

7.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

8.

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

9.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

10.

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

Rogers, Will

11.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults about me; Let me praise a little more, Let me be, when I am weary; Just a little bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver, Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker to the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me.

12.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

13.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

14.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

15.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

16.

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

17.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Baughan, R.J.

18.

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

Macleod, Fiona

19.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

20.

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

21.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

22.

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

Young, Vash

23.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Margaret Cho

24.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

25.

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

Jackson, Jesse

26.

Give light and people will find their own way.

27.

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

28.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Peters, Thomas J.

29.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

30.

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

31.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

32.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

33.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

34.

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

Lao-Tzu

35.

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.

36.

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

Bible

37.

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

P. D. James

38.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

39.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

Bible

40.

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

Reed, Scott

41.

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

42.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

43.

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

44.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Tracy, Brian

45.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow