Motivational Quotes

Giving

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

- Graham, Billy

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

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

P. D. James

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

Bible

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

Speare, Grace

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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.

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

Mother Teresa

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]

Bible

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

John Wesley

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

Ruskin, John

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

Canfield, Jack

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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

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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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

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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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God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Graham, Billy

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

Euripides

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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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

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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

Rogers, Will

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Reed, Scott

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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

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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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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.

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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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Give light and people will find their own way.

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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

Meltzer, Bernard