Motivational Quotes

Giving

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

- Fleet, James Van

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Ruskin, John

2.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

3.

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

Baughan, R.J.

4.

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

5.

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

Euripides

6.

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

Bible

7.

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

8.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

9.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

10.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

14.

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

15.

The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

16.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

17.

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

John Wesley

18.

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

Collier, Robert

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

22.

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

Braunstein, Richard

23.

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

24.

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

25.

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

26.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

27.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil

28.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

29.

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

Proverb

30.

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

31.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

32.

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

Munthe, Axel

33.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

34.

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

Jackson, Jesse

35.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

36.

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

Bible

37.

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

Graham, Billy

38.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

39.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Margaret Cho

40.

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

41.

Give light and people will find their own way.

42.

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

Anderson, Sparky

43.

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

44.

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

Lao-Tzu

45.

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

46.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

47.

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

48.

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

Rohn, Jim

49.

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

Williamson, Marianne

50.

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

Ross, Percy