Motivational Quotes

Giving

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bible

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Edwards, Flora

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

Johnson, Dave

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

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

Gide, Andre

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

Robbins, Anthony

10.

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

Rohn, Jim

11.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

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

Mother Teresa

13.

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

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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

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

P. D. James

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

Young, Vash

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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

18.

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

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

Lao-Tzu

20.

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.

21.

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

Proverb

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There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

25.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

27.

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

Anderson, Sparky

28.

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

29.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

32.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

33.

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

Publilius Syrus

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Proverb, Chinese

38.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

39.

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

Jackson, Jesse

40.

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

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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

42.

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

Munthe, Axel

43.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

44.

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

Canfield, Jack

45.

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

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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

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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

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

John Wesley

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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.