Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Meltzer, Bernard

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.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

3.

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

4.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Seneca

5.

Give light and people will find their own way.

6.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

7.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

8.

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

Macewan, Norman

9.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Lao-Tzu

10.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

11.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

13.

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

Gide, Andre

14.

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

Proverb

15.

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

16.

Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.

Parker, Dorothy

17.

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

18.

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

Rohn, Jim

19.

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

20.

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

Euripides

21.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

22.

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

23.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

24.

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

25.

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

Young, Vash

26.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

27.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

Publilius Syrus

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

Collier, Robert

35.

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

Virgil

36.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

37.

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

Braunstein, Richard

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.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

40.

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

Lao-Tzu

41.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

42.

You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

43.

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

44.

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

Bible

45.

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

Mckeun, Rod

46.

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

Anderson, Sparky

47.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

48.

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

49.

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

Jackson, Jesse

50.

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