Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

2.

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

3.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

4.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

5.

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

Macewan, Norman

6.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

7.

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

8.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

9.

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]

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10.

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

Jackson, Jesse

11.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

12.

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

Baughan, R.J.

13.

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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14.

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

Reed, Scott

15.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

16.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

17.

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

Bunyan, John

18.

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

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19.

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

Proverb

20.

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

Collier, Robert

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

Gibbs, Philip

24.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

25.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

26.

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

27.

Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.

Johnson, Dave

28.

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

Robbins, Anthony

29.

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

Lao-Tzu

30.

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

Munthe, Axel

31.

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

32.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

33.

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

34.

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

Edwards, Flora

35.

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

Young, Vash

36.

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

Canfield, Jack

37.

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

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38.

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

Speare, Grace

39.

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.

40.

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

41.

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

42.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

43.

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

44.

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

P. D. James

45.

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

46.

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

47.

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

Proverb, Chinese

48.

Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

49.

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

50.

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