Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Wellesly, Rev. John

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

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

Bible

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

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Virgil

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

Munthe, Axel

10.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

11.

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

Rohn, Jim

12.

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

Gibbs, Philip

13.

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

Reed, Scott

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

15.

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.

16.

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

Baughan, R.J.

17.

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

18.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

19.

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

John Wesley

20.

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

Jackson, Jesse

21.

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

Graham, Billy

22.

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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When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

24.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

25.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

26.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

28.

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

Robbins, Anthony

30.

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

Proverb

31.

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

Euripides

32.

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

Publilius Syrus

33.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

34.

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

35.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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

37.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

38.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

39.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Hill, Napoleon

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Ross, Percy

43.

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Proverb, Chinese

44.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

45.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

46.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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

49.

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

Bible

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel