Motivational Quotes

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

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Graham, Billy

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

Robbins, Anthony

Give light and people will find their own way.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Anderson, Sparky

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

10.

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

Camus, Albert

11.

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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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

13.

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

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He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

Kempis, Thomas

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

Eleanor Hamilton

16.

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

17.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

18.

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

Proverb, Chinese

20.

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

P. D. James

21.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

22.

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

Munthe, Axel

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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

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

Gibbs, Philip

25.

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

Reed, Scott

26.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

27.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

28.

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

Lao-Tzu

29.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

30.

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

Bible

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

Gide, Andre

32.

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

Macewan, Norman

33.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

34.

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

Mother Teresa

35.

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

Canfield, Jack

36.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

Lombardi, Vince

38.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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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

40.

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

Lao-Tzu

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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

42.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

44.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

46.

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

47.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

48.

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

49.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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If you continually give, you will continually have.