Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Braunstein, Richard

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Camus, Albert

2.

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

Ruskin, John

3.

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

4.

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

Virgil

5.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Ford, Henry

6.

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

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7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

Proverb, Chinese

10.

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

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11.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

14.

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

15.

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

P. D. James

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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]

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19.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

20.

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

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21.

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

Braunstein, Richard

22.

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

Collier, Robert

23.

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

24.

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

25.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Lao-Tzu

26.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Rogers, Will

27.

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

Edwards, Flora

28.

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

Euripides

29.

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

Robbins, Anthony

30.

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

John Wesley

31.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

32.

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

Jackson, Jesse

33.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

34.

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

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35.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

36.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

37.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

38.

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

Macewan, Norman

39.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

Give light and people will find their own way.

44.

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

Gide, Andre

45.

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

Rohn, Jim

46.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

47.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

48.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

49.

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.

50.

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

Ross, Percy