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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Mckeun, Rod

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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

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

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.

Young, Vash

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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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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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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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.

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Virgil

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

Macewan, Norman

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Bunyan, John

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

Canfield, Jack

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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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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Rohn, Jim

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

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

34.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

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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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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Baughan, R.J.

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Gide, Andre

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

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

Anderson, Sparky

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Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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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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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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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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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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If you continually give, you will continually have.