Motivational Quotes

Giving

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

- Fleet, James Van

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Lao-Tzu

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

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

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

P. D. James

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

Williamson, Marianne

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

Bible

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Jackson, Jesse

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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.

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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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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

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

Canfield, Jack

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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

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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

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

Camus, Albert

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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Give light and people will find their own way.

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

Proverb

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

Gide, Andre

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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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

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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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