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

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

Bunyan, John

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

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

Baughan, R.J.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Peters, Thomas J.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

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

Ross, Percy

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

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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Give light and people will find their own way.

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

John Wesley

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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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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

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

Macewan, Norman

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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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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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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Proverb

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

Rohn, Jim

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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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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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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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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

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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Lao-Tzu

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Bible

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Young, Vash

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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

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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