Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

Bible

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Bible

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

Johnson, Dave

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

10.

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

Publilius Syrus

11.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

12.

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

Anderson, Sparky

13.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

14.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

15.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

16.

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

Reed, Scott

17.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

18.

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

19.

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

20.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

21.

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

Bunyan, John

22.

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

Graham, Billy

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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

24.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Peters, Thomas J.

25.

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

26.

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

Ross, Percy

27.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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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

30.

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

Braunstein, Richard

31.

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

P. D. James

33.

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.

34.

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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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Marden, Orison Swett

37.

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

Bible

38.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

39.

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

Lao-Tzu

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

43.

Give light and people will find their own way.

44.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

45.

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

Proverb

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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

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

48.

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

Young, Vash

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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