Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Virgil

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

Lao-Tzu

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Euripides

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

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Ruskin, John

10.

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

Camus, Albert

11.

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

Mother Teresa

12.

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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

18.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

19.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

20.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

21.

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

22.

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

Rogers, Will

23.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

24.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

La Fontaine, Jean De

25.

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

26.

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

27.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Lao-Tzu

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

32.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

33.

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

Mckeun, Rod

34.

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

Bunyan, John

35.

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

36.

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

Johnson, Dave

37.

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

38.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

39.

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

40.

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

41.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Baughan, R.J.

42.

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

Gide, Andre

43.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

44.

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

Ross, Percy

45.

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

Munthe, Axel

46.

Give light and people will find their own way.

47.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

48.

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

49.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

50.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas