Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Charles Dudley Warner

Best Quotes about Giving

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

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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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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

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

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

John Wesley

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

Robbins, Anthony

10.

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

Mckeun, Rod

11.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

12.

Give light and people will find their own way.

13.

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

Young, Vash

14.

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.

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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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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

17.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

18.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

19.

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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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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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Ross, Percy

26.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

28.

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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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Mother Teresa

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

Macewan, Norman

38.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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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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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Williamson, Marianne

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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

45.

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

Rogers, Will

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

Speare, Grace

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