Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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.

2.

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

Mckeun, Rod

3.

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

Anderson, Sparky

4.

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

John Wesley

5.

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

6.

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.

7.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

8.

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

Lao-Tzu

9.

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

Rogers, Will

10.

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

11.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

12.

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

13.

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

Williamson, Marianne

14.

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

15.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

16.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

17.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

18.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

19.

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

Gide, Andre

20.

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

Collier, Robert

21.

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

Macewan, Norman

22.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Mother Teresa

26.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

27.

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

28.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

29.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

30.

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

Johnson, Dave

31.

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

Graham, Billy

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

P. D. James

35.

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

Euripides

36.

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

Publilius Syrus

37.

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

38.

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.

39.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

40.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

41.

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

Proverb

42.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

43.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

44.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

45.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

46.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

47.

Give light and people will find their own way.

48.

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

49.

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

Canfield, Jack

50.

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