Motivational Quotes

Giving

Getters don't get -- givers get.

- Benge, Eugene

Best Quotes about Giving

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

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

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

10.

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

11.

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Johnson, Dave

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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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Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

17.

Give light and people will find their own way.

18.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Camus, Albert

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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.

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Mother Teresa

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

Anderson, Sparky

29.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

30.

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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Gide, Andre

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Sheen, Fulton John

39.

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 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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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

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

Meltzer, Bernard

45.

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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You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

Reed, Scott

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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