Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

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

Graham, Billy

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

Johnson, Dave

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

Peters, Thomas J.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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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]

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

Ross, Percy

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

John Wesley

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

Sarton, May

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

P. D. James

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Bunyan, John

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

Edwards, Flora

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

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Rogers, Will

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Gibbs, Philip

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A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine 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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Ruskin, John

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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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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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.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

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