Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Edwards, Flora

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

Bible

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

P. D. James

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.

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

10.

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

11.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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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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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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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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

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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 gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Publilius Syrus

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

Collier, Robert

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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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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

29.

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

Ross, Percy

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

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

Proverb

33.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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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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The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Anderson, Sparky

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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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

38.

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

Reed, Scott

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

Lao-Tzu

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

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

Sheen, Fulton John

43.

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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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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Give light and people will find their own way.

48.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel