Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

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Best Quotes about Giving

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

You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer

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

Baughan, R.J.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Bible

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

Braunstein, Richard

12.

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

Young, Vash

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EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Wellesly, Rev. John

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

John Wesley

15.

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

16.

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

Speare, Grace

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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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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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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For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Bible

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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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.

24.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Proverb

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

30.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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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

36.

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

Mother Teresa

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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Give light and people will find their own way.

39.

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

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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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When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Canfield, Jack

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

Ross, Percy

44.

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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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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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

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

Lao-Tzu