Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Baughan, R.J.

2.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

Bible

3.

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

Ruskin, John

4.

Give light and people will find their own way.

5.

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

6.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

7.

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

Speare, Grace

8.

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

Virgil

9.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

10.

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

11.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

12.

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

13.

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

14.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

15.

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

16.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

17.

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

Rogers, Will

18.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

19.

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

20.

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

Publilius Syrus

21.

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

Mother Teresa

22.

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

Anderson, Sparky

23.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

24.

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

Munthe, Axel

25.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

26.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

27.

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

Bible

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Gide, Andre

31.

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

Edwards, Flora

32.

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.

33.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

34.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

35.

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

36.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]

Bible

37.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

38.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

39.

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

Proverb

40.

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

41.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

42.

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

Bunyan, John

43.

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

Camus, Albert

44.

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

45.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

46.

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

47.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

48.

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

Lao-Tzu

49.

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

Williamson, Marianne

50.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene