Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

2.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

3.

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

Johnson, Dave

4.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

5.

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

Young, Vash

6.

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

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7.

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

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8.

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.

9.

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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10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

Lao-Tzu

13.

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.

14.

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

Ross, Percy

15.

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

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16.

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

17.

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

Mother Teresa

18.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

19.

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

Euripides

20.

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

Bunyan, John

21.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

22.

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

23.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

24.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

25.

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

26.

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

Proverb

27.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

28.

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

Lao-Tzu

29.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

30.

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

31.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

32.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

33.

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

34.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

35.

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

Jackson, Jesse

36.

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

37.

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

Macewan, Norman

38.

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

Munthe, Axel

39.

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

40.

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

Mckeun, Rod

41.

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

Gibbs, Philip

42.

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

43.

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.