Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Meltzer, Bernard

Best Quotes about Giving

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Ruskin, John

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Mother Teresa

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

Sarton, May

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

10.

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

Edwards, Flora

11.

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

Camus, Albert

12.

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

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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

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

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15.

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

Gibbs, Philip

16.

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

Rogers, Will

17.

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

Young, Vash

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

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21.

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

22.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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]

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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

25.

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

Johnson, Dave

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

Virgil

28.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.

Glenconner, Pamela

30.

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

Gide, Andre

31.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

32.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

33.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

34.

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

Munthe, Axel

35.

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

Bible

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

Proverb, Chinese

39.

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.

40.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

41.

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

Mckeun, Rod

42.

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

Proverb

43.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

44.

Give light and people will find their own way.

45.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

46.

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

Graham, Billy

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

48.

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

Bunyan, John

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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

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

Braunstein, Richard