Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

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Best Quotes about Giving

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

Ross, Percy

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

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

Speare, Grace

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

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Eleanor Hamilton

10.

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

Lao-Tzu

11.

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

Virgil

12.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

14.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

15.

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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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

18.

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

Collier, Robert

19.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving -- and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it -- and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

Collier, Robert

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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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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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

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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Angelis, Barbara De

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

P. D. James

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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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The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Rohn, Jim

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Give light and people will find their own way.

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

30.

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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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

32.

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

Sarton, May

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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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.

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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

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

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

Macewan, Norman

42.

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

Braunstein, Richard

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

Munro, Hector Hugh

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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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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

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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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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If you continually give, you will continually have.