Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Lao-Tzu

2.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

3.

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.

4.

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

Speare, Grace

5.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

6.

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

7.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

8.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

9.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Rohn, Jim

10.

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

Virgil

11.

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

12.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

13.

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

14.

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

Bunyan, John

15.

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

Edwards, Flora

16.

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

17.

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

Euripides

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

22.

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

Collier, Robert

23.

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

Braunstein, Richard

24.

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

John Wesley

25.

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

Proverb

26.

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

27.

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

28.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

29.

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

Canfield, Jack

30.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

31.

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

32.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

33.

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

Bible

34.

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

Robbins, Anthony

35.

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

Mckeun, Rod

36.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

37.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

38.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

39.

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

Gide, Andre

40.

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

41.

we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

42.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

43.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

44.

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

45.

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

46.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner

47.

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

Bible

48.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

49.

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