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

1.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

2.

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.

3.

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

4.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

5.

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

Euripides

6.

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

Robbins, Anthony

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

Mother Teresa

10.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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.

14.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

15.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

16.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

17.

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

Ruskin, John

18.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

19.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

20.

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

Williamson, Marianne

21.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

25.

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

Mckeun, Rod

26.

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

Johnson, Dave

27.

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

Macewan, Norman

28.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

29.

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

Reed, Scott

30.

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

Baughan, R.J.

31.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

32.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Gide, Andre

33.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

34.

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

35.

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

Braunstein, Richard

36.

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

Gibbs, Philip

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

Virgil

39.

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

40.

Give light and people will find their own way.

41.

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

Young, Vash

42.

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

43.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

44.

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Wellesly, Rev. John

45.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

46.

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

Lao-Tzu

47.

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

John Wesley

48.

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

49.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

50.

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

Graham, Billy

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