Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Speare, Grace

2.

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

3.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

4.

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

5.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

6.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

7.

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

Bunyan, John

8.

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

Camus, Albert

9.

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

Munthe, Axel

10.

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

Rogers, Will

11.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

12.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

13.

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

Edwards, Flora

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

17.

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

18.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

19.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Lewis, C. S.

20.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

21.

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

Mckeun, Rod

22.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

23.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

24.

Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. [2 Corinthians 9:7]

Bible

25.

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

Baughan, R.J.

26.

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

27.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

28.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

29.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

30.

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

John Wesley

31.

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

Bible

32.

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

Lao-Tzu

33.

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

Bible

34.

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

Johnson, Dave

35.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

36.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

37.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

38.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

39.

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

40.

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

41.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

42.

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

Williamson, Marianne

43.

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

44.

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

45.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

46.

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

Gibbs, Philip

47.

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

48.

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

Macleod, Fiona

49.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

50.

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