Motivational Quotes

Giving

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Giving

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

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

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Marden, Orison Swett

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

Give light and people will find their own way.

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

Ross, Percy

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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

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

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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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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Rogers, Will

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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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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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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One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

Bible

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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

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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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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

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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

Macewan, Norman

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

Proverb

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Young, Vash

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

Bunyan, John

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

Johnson, Dave

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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

Anderson, Sparky

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Bible

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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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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 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

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

Speare, Grace

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

Beecher, Henry Ward