Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Mother Teresa

Best Quotes about Giving

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.

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Ross, Percy

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

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

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

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

Macewan, Norman

10.

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

Gibbs, Philip

11.

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

Virgil

12.

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

Euripides

13.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

14.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

15.

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

16.

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

17.

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

Collier, Robert

18.

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

Edwards, Flora

19.

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

Camus, Albert

20.

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

21.

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

Anderson, Sparky

22.

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

23.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

24.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

25.

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

26.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

27.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

28.

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

29.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

30.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

31.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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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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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.

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

35.

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

Bible

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