Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Canfield, Jack

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Gide, Andre

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

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

Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. [2 Corinthians 9:7]

Bible

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Meltzer, Bernard

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Anderson, Sparky

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Williamson, Marianne

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

Bunyan, John

15.

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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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

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What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

Munthe, Axel

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Reed, Scott

21.

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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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

23.

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

24.

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

Rogers, Will

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Proverb, Chinese

27.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

29.

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

Bible

30.

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

31.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Bible

33.

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

34.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

35.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Bible

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You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

42.

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.

43.

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

Macewan, Norman

47.

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

48.

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De