Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Rogers, Will

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

Ross, Percy

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

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Speare, Grace

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

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

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

10.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Hill, Napoleon

11.

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

Rohn, Jim

12.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

13.

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.

Margaret Cho

14.

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

Gibbs, Philip

15.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

16.

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

Collier, Robert

17.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

18.

Give light and people will find their own way.

19.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Lao-Tzu

21.

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

22.

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

Gide, Andre

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

Jackson, Jesse

24.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

25.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

26.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

27.

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.

28.

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

29.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

30.

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

John Wesley

31.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Mother Teresa

33.

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

Publilius Syrus

34.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

35.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Ford, Henry

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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

37.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Proverb, Chinese

39.

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.

40.

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

Reed, Scott

42.

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Canfield, Jack

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

46.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

Charles Dudley Warner

49.

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

Lewis, C. S.