Motivational Quotes

Giving

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

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

Munthe, Axel

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Canfield, Jack

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Ross, Percy

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

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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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

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

Bible

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Give light and people will find their own way.

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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

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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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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

P. D. James

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

Williamson, Marianne

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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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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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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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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

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The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

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

Proverb

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

Mother Teresa

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

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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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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

Bible

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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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we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Reed, Scott

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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

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

Graham, Billy

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Gide, Andre

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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

Collier, Robert