Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Mckeun, Rod

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Euripides

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Rogers, Will

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

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

10.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

11.

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

Gide, Andre

12.

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

Braunstein, Richard

13.

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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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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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

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

Proverb

17.

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

Baldwin, James

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

Proverb, Chinese

19.

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

Reed, Scott

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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Seneca

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Camus, Albert

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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

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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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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

27.

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

Canfield, Jack

28.

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

29.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

30.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

31.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

32.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

33.

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

Jackson, Jesse

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

35.

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

Baughan, R.J.

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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]

Bible

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

Bible

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

Publilius Syrus

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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 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

42.

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.

43.

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

Macewan, Norman

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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

45.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Lao-Tzu

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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

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

Williamson, Marianne

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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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