Motivational Quotes

Giving

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

- Sheen, Fulton John

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bible

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

Bible

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Young, Vash

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

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

10.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

11.

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

Canfield, Jack

12.

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

Williamson, Marianne

13.

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

Ross, Percy

14.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

15.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

Sheen, Fulton John

16.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

17.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

Bunyan, John

18.

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

19.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

20.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

21.

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

22.

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

Ruskin, John

23.

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

Mckeun, Rod

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

Reed, Scott

27.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

28.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

29.

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

Virgil

30.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

35.

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

Graham, Billy

36.

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

37.

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

Rogers, Will

38.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

39.

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

Camus, Albert

40.

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

Lao-Tzu

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

Publilius Syrus

44.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

45.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

46.

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

47.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

48.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Addison, Joseph

49.

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.

50.

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

Munthe, Axel