Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

2.

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

3.

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

Speare, Grace

4.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

5.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

6.

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

7.

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

Lao-Tzu

8.

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

Camus, Albert

9.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

10.

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

Rohn, Jim

11.

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

Graham, Billy

12.

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

13.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

14.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

15.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]

Bible

16.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Canfield, Jack

20.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

21.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

22.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

23.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

24.

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

Jackson, Jesse

25.

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

26.

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

Proverb, Chinese

27.

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

28.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

29.

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

Young, Vash

30.

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

Braunstein, Richard

31.

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

Publilius Syrus

32.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

33.

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

Mckeun, Rod

34.

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.

35.

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

Rogers, Will

36.

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

37.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

38.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

39.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

Bunyan, John

44.

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

45.

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

Mother Teresa

46.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.