Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Bunyan, John

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

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

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

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

Speare, Grace

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

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

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

10.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

11.

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

12.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

13.

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.

14.

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

Jackson, Jesse

15.

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

Robbins, Anthony

16.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

17.

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

18.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

19.

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

Johnson, Dave

20.

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

21.

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

Camus, Albert

22.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

23.

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

Bible

24.

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

Munthe, Axel

25.

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

26.

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

Rogers, Will

27.

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

Gibbs, Philip

28.

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

John Wesley

29.

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

Mother Teresa

30.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

31.

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

32.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil

33.

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

Williamson, Marianne

34.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

35.

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

Bible

36.

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

Graham, Billy

37.

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

Macewan, Norman

38.

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

39.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

40.

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

41.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

42.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

43.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

44.

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

Lao-Tzu

45.

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

Baughan, R.J.

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

Canfield, Jack

49.

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

50.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De