Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

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Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

Macewan, Norman

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

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.

10.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

11.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

12.

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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Give light and people will find their own way.

14.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

15.

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

Rogers, Will

16.

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

Johnson, Dave

17.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

18.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

19.

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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To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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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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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

John Wesley

25.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Mother Teresa

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

Proverb, Chinese

31.

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

Ruskin, John

32.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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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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If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Williamson, Marianne

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God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Graham, Billy

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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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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.

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

41.

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

42.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

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

Canfield, Jack

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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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There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.