Motivational Quotes

Giving

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

- Fleet, James Van

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bunyan, John

Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.

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

Publilius Syrus

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

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

Gibbs, Philip

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

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

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:48]

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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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

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

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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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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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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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

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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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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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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Speare, Grace

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

Reed, Scott

28.

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

Proverb

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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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He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

Ross, Percy

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

John Wesley

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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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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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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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Young, Vash

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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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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 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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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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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]

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