Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Macewan, Norman

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Bible

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

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Jackson, Jesse

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Ross, Percy

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

Marden, Orison Swett

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

10.

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

11.

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

Edwards, Flora

12.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

13.

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

14.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

15.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

16.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

17.

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

Braunstein, Richard

18.

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

Bunyan, John

19.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

20.

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

21.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

22.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

23.

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

Reed, Scott

24.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

25.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

26.

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

Virgil

27.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

28.

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

Williamson, Marianne

29.

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

30.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Lewis, C. S.

31.

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

32.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

Camus, Albert

33.

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

34.

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

Munthe, Axel

35.

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

36.

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

37.

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

38.

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

39.

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

Canfield, Jack

40.

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

Mother Teresa

41.

Give light and people will find their own way.

42.

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

43.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

44.

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

45.

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

46.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

47.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

48.

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

49.

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

Proverb, Chinese