Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

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.

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

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

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

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

Munthe, Axel

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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.

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Rogers, Will

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Camus, Albert

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

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

Jackson, Jesse

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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

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

Virgil

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

Ross, Percy

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

28.

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

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

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

Anderson, Sparky

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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

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The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Collier, Robert

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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

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

Speare, Grace

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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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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

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Johnson, Dave

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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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

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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

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

Proverb

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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