Motivational Quotes

Giving

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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Best Quotes about Giving

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

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

Williamson, Marianne

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

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

Bible

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Collier, Robert

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

Euripides

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Graham, Billy

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

Bible

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Speare, Grace

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Publilius Syrus

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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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.

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

P. D. James

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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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

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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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

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

Canfield, Jack

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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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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

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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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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

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

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

Ruskin, John

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

Braunstein, Richard

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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

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

Johnson, Dave