Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Robbins, Anthony

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Edwards, Flora

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

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

Mckeun, Rod

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 only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Virgil

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

Graham, Billy

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

Gide, Andre

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

Bible

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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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There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

Lombardi, Vince

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Meltzer, Bernard

15.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

16.

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

17.

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

Johnson, Dave

18.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

19.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Anderson, Sparky

21.

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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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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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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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

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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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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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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Robbins, Anthony

30.

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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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 give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

33.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Ruskin, John

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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 human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

40.

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

41.

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

Rogers, Will

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Munthe, Axel

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