Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Giving

You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

Reed, Scott

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Munthe, Axel

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Speare, Grace

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

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Proverb

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

Mckeun, Rod

10.

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

11.

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

Edwards, Flora

12.

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

Young, Vash

13.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

14.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

15.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

Braunstein, Richard

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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

20.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

21.

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

Rogers, Will

22.

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

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

24.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

25.

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

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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.

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

28.

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

Jackson, Jesse

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Camus, Albert

32.

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

33.

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

Mother Teresa

34.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

35.

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

Lao-Tzu

36.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

37.

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

38.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Graham, Billy

39.

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

Canfield, Jack

40.

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

41.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

42.

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

Euripides

43.

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

44.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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

Lao-Tzu

48.

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

Johnson, Dave

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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