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

22.

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

23.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

24.

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

25.

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

Publilius Syrus

26.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

27.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

28.

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

Lao-Tzu

29.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

30.

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

31.

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

Lewis, C. S.

32.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

33.

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

Bible

34.

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

Rohn, Jim

35.

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

36.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

37.

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

Rogers, Will

38.

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

39.

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

Virgil

40.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

41.

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

42.

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

Bible

43.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

44.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

45.

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