Motivational Quotes

Giving

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

- Forbes, Malcolm S.

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Robbins, Anthony

2.

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

3.

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

Macewan, Norman

4.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

5.

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

6.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

7.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

Bible

8.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

9.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

10.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

11.

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

Collier, Robert

12.

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

13.

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

Virgil

14.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Mckeun, Rod

15.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Rogers, Will

16.

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

17.

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

Bible

18.

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

Edwards, Flora

19.

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

Lao-Tzu

20.

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

Bible

21.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

22.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

23.

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

Euripides

24.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

25.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

26.

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

P. D. James

27.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

28.

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

Proverb

29.

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

30.

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

Ruskin, John

31.

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

Baughan, R.J.

32.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

33.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

34.

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

Young, Vash

35.

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

Reed, Scott

36.

He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

Kempis, Thomas

37.

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

38.

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

Graham, Billy

39.

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

40.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

41.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

42.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

43.

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

44.

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

Ross, Percy

45.

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

Canfield, Jack

46.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

47.

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

Gibbs, Philip

48.

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

Lao-Tzu

49.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

50.

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