Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

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

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

Camus, Albert

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

P. D. James

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

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Johnson, Dave

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

Mother Teresa

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

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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

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

Virgil

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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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

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

Reed, Scott

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

Williamson, Marianne

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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

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Rohn, Jim

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Graham, Billy

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

Gibbs, Philip

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

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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

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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.

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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

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

Munthe, Axel

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

Leverson, Ada

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

Publilius Syrus

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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

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Mckeun, Rod

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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

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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