Motivational Quotes

Giving

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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Best Quotes about Giving

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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 nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Johnson, Dave

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

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

Williamson, Marianne

10.

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

11.

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

Bunyan, John

12.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

13.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

14.

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

15.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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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.

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

18.

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

19.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

20.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

21.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Maclaren, Alexander

22.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

23.

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

Anderson, Sparky

24.

Give light and people will find their own way.

25.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

26.

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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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

28.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

29.

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

Graham, Billy

30.

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

John Wesley

31.

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

Gibbs, Philip

32.

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Proverb, Chinese

33.

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

34.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

35.

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

36.

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

Virgil

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

Mother Teresa

38.

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

Bible

39.

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

Proverb

42.

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

Lao-Tzu

43.

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

Speare, Grace

44.

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

Ruskin, John

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

Publilius Syrus

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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

49.

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