Motivational Quotes

Giving

You give before you get.

- Hill, Napoleon

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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.

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

Ruskin, John

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

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

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

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

Braunstein, Richard

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

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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

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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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]

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

Canfield, Jack

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

Munthe, Axel

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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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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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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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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.

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

John Wesley

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Publilius Syrus

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Williamson, Marianne

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

Reed, Scott

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.