Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Westcott, Edward Noyes

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Charles Dudley Warner

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Graham, Billy

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Anderson, Sparky

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

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

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

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

10.

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

Lao-Tzu

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

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

Edwards, Flora

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

18.

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

Ross, Percy

19.

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

Johnson, Dave

20.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

21.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Euripides

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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

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Mother Teresa

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Ruskin, John

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Baughan, R.J.

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Munthe, Axel

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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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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Bible

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

John Wesley

41.

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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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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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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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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

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

Collier, Robert

47.

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

Bible

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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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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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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.