Motivational Quotes

Giving

Giving opens the way for receiving.

- Shinn, Florence Scovel

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bunyan, John

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

Proverb

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Collier, Robert

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

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

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

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

10.

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.

11.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

12.

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

Gide, Andre

13.

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

Munthe, Axel

14.

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

P. D. James

15.

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

16.

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

Young, Vash

17.

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

John Wesley

18.

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

Jackson, Jesse

19.

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

Virgil

20.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

21.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

22.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Rohn, Jim

26.

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

Graham, Billy

27.

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

Bible

28.

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

Johnson, Dave

29.

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.

30.

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

Mother Teresa

31.

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

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.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

34.

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

Camus, Albert

35.

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

36.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

37.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

38.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

39.

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

Williamson, Marianne

40.

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

41.

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

Speare, Grace

42.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

43.

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

44.

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

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.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

47.

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