Motivational Quotes

Giving

Giving opens the way for receiving.

- Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

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

Gide, Andre

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

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

Speare, Grace

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

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Edwards, Flora

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

Graham, Billy

10.

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

Publilius Syrus

11.

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

Mckeun, Rod

12.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

Meltzer, Bernard

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Braunstein, Richard

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

17.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

La Fontaine, Jean De

18.

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

19.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

20.

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

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

22.

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.

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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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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

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

Marden, Orison Swett

28.

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

Rogers, Will

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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

31.

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

Proverb

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Virgil

35.

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

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

Bible

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

38.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

39.

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

Anderson, Sparky

40.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

41.

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

Johnson, Dave

42.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

43.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

44.

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

45.

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

46.

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

Bible

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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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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