Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Euripides

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Johnson, Dave

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

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

Bible

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

Ruskin, John

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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

Williamson, Marianne

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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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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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

12.

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

13.

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

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

Joyce, James

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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

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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

Baldwin, James

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

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

Gide, Andre

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

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Lao-Tzu

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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

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Canfield, Jack

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Lewis, C. S.

32.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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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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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

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

Proverb

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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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

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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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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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Give light and people will find their own way.

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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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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

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

Euripides

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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Giving opens the way for receiving.