Motivational Quotes

Giving

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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Best Quotes about Giving

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

P. D. James

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

Bible

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

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

10.

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

Graham, Billy

11.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

12.

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

Proverb

13.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

14.

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

Euripides

15.

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

Bible

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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.

17.

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

Gide, Andre

18.

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

John Wesley

19.

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

Bible

20.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

21.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Bunyan, John

24.

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.

25.

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

26.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

28.

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

Camus, Albert

29.

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

Ruskin, John

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

Mother Teresa

31.

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

Braunstein, Richard

32.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Lao-Tzu

33.

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

Virgil

34.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

35.

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

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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

37.

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

38.

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

Collier, Robert

39.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

40.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

41.

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

Young, Vash

42.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

43.

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

Bible

44.

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

Edwards, Flora

45.

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

Baughan, R.J.

46.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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

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

49.

Give light and people will find their own way.

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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