Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Munthe, Axel

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Euripides

2.

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

Bible

3.

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

4.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Williamson, Marianne

5.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

6.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

7.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

8.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

9.

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

Reed, Scott

10.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

11.

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.

12.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

13.

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

Johnson, Dave

14.

The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

15.

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

Canfield, Jack

16.

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

Braunstein, Richard

17.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

18.

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

Ross, Percy

19.

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

Macewan, Norman

20.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

21.

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

Baughan, R.J.

22.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

23.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

24.

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

25.

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

Graham, Billy

26.

He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.

Kempis, Thomas

27.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

28.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

29.

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

30.

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

Proverb, Chinese

31.

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

32.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

33.

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

34.

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

Publilius Syrus

35.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

36.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

37.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

38.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

39.

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

Rogers, Will

40.

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

41.

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.

42.

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

Edwards, Flora

43.

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

44.

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