Motivational Quotes

Giving

Give light and people will find their own way.

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Best Quotes about Giving

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Reed, Scott

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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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

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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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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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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

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

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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.

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Collier, Robert

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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

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

Gibbs, Philip

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Rohn, Jim

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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

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

Mother Teresa

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

Williamson, Marianne

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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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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

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

Gide, Andre

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon