Motivational Quotes

Giving

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

- P. D. James

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

2.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

3.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

4.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

5.

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

Mother Teresa

6.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

7.

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

Bunyan, John

8.

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

Lao-Tzu

9.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

10.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

11.

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

Canfield, Jack

12.

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

13.

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

Virgil

14.

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

Euripides

15.

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

Edwards, Flora

16.

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

17.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

18.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Ruskin, John

19.

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

Publilius Syrus

20.

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

21.

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

Lao-Tzu

22.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

23.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

24.

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

25.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

26.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

27.

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

Robbins, Anthony

28.

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

Gide, Andre

29.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

32.

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

33.

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

34.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

35.

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

Rogers, Will

36.

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

37.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

38.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

39.

Give light and people will find their own way.

40.

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

41.

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

Mckeun, Rod

42.

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

Bible

43.

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.

44.

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.

45.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

46.

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

47.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

48.

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

Munthe, Axel

49.

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

John Wesley

50.

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