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

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

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

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Marden, Orison Swett

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Gide, Andre

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

Peters, Thomas J.

10.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

11.

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

Baughan, R.J.

12.

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

Young, Vash

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

Munthe, Axel

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Sheen, Fulton John

19.

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

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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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.

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

25.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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Give light and people will find their own way.

27.

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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Anderson, Sparky

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

Jackson, Jesse

32.

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

Proverb

33.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

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

37.

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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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

40.

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

Bible

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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

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

46.

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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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Euripides

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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