Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Lao-Tzu

Best Quotes about Giving

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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

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

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

Reed, Scott

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

11.

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

Ruskin, John

12.

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

Munthe, Axel

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The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Speare, Grace

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

18.

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

Gibbs, Philip

19.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

Munro, Hector Hugh

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

P. D. James

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

Mother Teresa

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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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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Virgil

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

Bible

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

33.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

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

Bible

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

Canfield, Jack

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Johnson, Dave

43.

Give light and people will find their own way.

44.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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

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

Lao-Tzu

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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

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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