Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Eleanor Hamilton

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Robbins, Anthony

If you continually give, you will continually have.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Collier, Robert

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Macewan, Norman

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

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

John Wesley

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

Ross, Percy

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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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Give light and people will find their own way.

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Graham, Billy

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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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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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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

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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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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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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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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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Publilius Syrus

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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

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

Bible

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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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

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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

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The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

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

Jackson, Jesse

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Johnson, Dave

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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

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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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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Gide, Andre

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

Bible

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

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter