Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Mother Teresa

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Young, Vash

2.

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

3.

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

Ross, Percy

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

7.

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

Lao-Tzu

8.

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

Braunstein, Richard

9.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

10.

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

11.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

12.

Give light and people will find their own way.

13.

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

Proverb, Chinese

14.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

15.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

16.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Rohn, Jim

17.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

18.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

19.

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

Publilius Syrus

20.

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

21.

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

Lao-Tzu

22.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

23.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

24.

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

25.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

26.

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

John Wesley

27.

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

Mother Teresa

28.

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

29.

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

Camus, Albert

30.

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

Baughan, R.J.

31.

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

32.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

33.

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

Johnson, Dave

34.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

35.

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

Gide, Andre

36.

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

37.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

38.

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

Bible

39.

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

Edwards, Flora

40.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

41.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

42.

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

Jackson, Jesse

43.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

44.

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

45.

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.

46.

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

47.

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

Speare, Grace

48.

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

49.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

50.

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