Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

Bible

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Reed, Scott

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

Bible

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Marden, Orison Swett

10.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Addison, Joseph

11.

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

Young, Vash

12.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

13.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

14.

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

15.

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

John Wesley

16.

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

17.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

18.

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

Mother Teresa

19.

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

Lao-Tzu

20.

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

Virgil

21.

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

Bible

22.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

23.

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

Ruskin, John

24.

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

25.

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

Camus, Albert

26.

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

27.

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

Edwards, Flora

28.

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.

29.

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

Williamson, Marianne

30.

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

31.

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

Rohn, Jim

32.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

33.

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

Collier, Robert

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Getters don't get -- givers get.