Motivational Quotes

Giving

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

- Forbes, Malcolm S.

Best Quotes about Giving

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

P. D. James

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Euripides

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Bunyan, John

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

Sheen, Fulton John

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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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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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

12.

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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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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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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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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

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

John Wesley

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Bible

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Mother Teresa

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Ross, Percy

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

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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Johnson, Dave

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Collier, Robert

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

Bible

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

Baughan, R.J.

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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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