Motivational Quotes

Giving

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

- Bateson, Mary

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bunyan, John

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

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

Speare, Grace

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

P. D. James

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

Meltzer, Bernard

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

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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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

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All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Maclaren, Alexander

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

Braunstein, Richard

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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

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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

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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

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

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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.

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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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Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Rohn, Jim

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

Macewan, Norman

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A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

Eleanor Hamilton

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When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

Ruskin, John

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Bible

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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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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

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

Virgil

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Publilius Syrus

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You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

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

Ross, Percy

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Mother Teresa

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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Gide, Andre

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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

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

Canfield, Jack

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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 bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

Proverb

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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

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Give light and people will find their own way.

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The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Mckeun, Rod

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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