Motivational Quotes

Giving

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

- Byron, Lord

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.

Parker, Dorothy

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Proverb

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

Ruskin, John

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

Gibbs, Philip

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

Speare, Grace

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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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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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 may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

Meltzer, Bernard

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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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If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Williamson, Marianne

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Publilius Syrus

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Lao-Tzu

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While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

Joyce, James

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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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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Reed, Scott

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

Young, Vash

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

Braunstein, Richard

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It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35]

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

Anderson, Sparky

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

Mother Teresa

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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

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I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Addison, Joseph

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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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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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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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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