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

21.

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

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

Johnson, Dave

23.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

24.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

25.

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

Proverb

26.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Williamson, Marianne

30.

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

Braunstein, Richard

31.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

32.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

33.

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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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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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

36.

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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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Ross, Percy

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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Proverb, Chinese

40.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

Munro, Hector Hugh

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

Robbins, Anthony

45.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

46.

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

47.

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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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

49.

Give light and people will find their own way.

50.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

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