Motivational Quotes

Giving

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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Best Quotes about Giving

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Collier, Robert

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.

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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

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

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

Proverb

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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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

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

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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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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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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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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

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Canfield, Jack

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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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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

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.

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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

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A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Publilius Syrus

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

Johnson, Dave

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Ruskin, John

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The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

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

Gide, Andre

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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