Motivational Quotes

Giving

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

- Corneille, Pierre

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

2.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

3.

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

Rohn, Jim

4.

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

5.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

6.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

7.

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

8.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

9.

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

Camus, Albert

10.

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

Young, Vash

11.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

12.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Mckeun, Rod

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

Bible

16.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

17.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

20.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

21.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

22.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

23.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

24.

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

Gibbs, Philip

25.

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

26.

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

Graham, Billy

27.

Give light and people will find their own way.

28.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

29.

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

Johnson, Dave

30.

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

Anderson, Sparky

31.

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

32.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

33.

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.

34.

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

35.

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

Lao-Tzu

36.

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

37.

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

Bible

38.

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

Baughan, R.J.

39.

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.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

41.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

42.

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

43.

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

Rogers, Will

44.

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

45.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

46.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

47.

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

48.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

49.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

50.

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