Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Camus, Albert

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Virgil

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

Speare, Grace

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

Graham, Billy

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

P. D. James

10.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

11.

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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12.

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

13.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

14.

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

Robbins, Anthony

15.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

16.

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

Lewis, C. S.

17.

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

18.

A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

Eleanor Hamilton

19.

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

20.

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

Baughan, R.J.

21.

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

Canfield, Jack

22.

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

Ruskin, John

24.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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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]

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

Hobbs, Herschel

27.

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

28.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

29.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Lao-Tzu

30.

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

31.

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

Johnson, Dave

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

Gide, Andre

36.

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Young, Vash

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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.

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

Mother Teresa

44.

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

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45.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

46.

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 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

48.

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Lao-Tzu