Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Marden, Orison Swett

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

2.

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

Robbins, Anthony

3.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

4.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

5.

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

Bunyan, John

6.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

7.

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

Bible

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

12.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

13.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

14.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

15.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

16.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

17.

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

Speare, Grace

18.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

19.

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

Graham, Billy

20.

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

Mother Teresa

21.

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

22.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

23.

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

24.

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

Bible

25.

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

Braunstein, Richard

26.

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

Rohn, Jim

27.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

28.

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.

29.

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

Bible

30.

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

Gibbs, Philip

31.

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

Camus, Albert

32.

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

Ross, Percy

33.

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

34.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Jackson, Jesse

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

39.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

40.

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

Johnson, Dave

41.

Give light and people will find their own way.

42.

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

Publilius Syrus

43.

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

Canfield, Jack

44.

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

45.

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

Mckeun, Rod

46.

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

Euripides

47.

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

Bible

48.

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.