Motivational Quotes

Giving

There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

- Lombardi, Vince

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Speare, Grace

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Rogers, Will

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

13.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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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]

Bible

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

Mother Teresa

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

Proverb

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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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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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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]

Bible

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Gibbs, Philip

27.

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

Johnson, Dave

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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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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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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

34.

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 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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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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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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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.

39.

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Ross, Percy

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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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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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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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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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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.