Motivational Quotes

Giving

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

- P. D. James

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Virgil

2.

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

Jackson, Jesse

3.

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

4.

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

Johnson, Dave

5.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

6.

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

Bible

7.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]

Bible

8.

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

9.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

10.

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

11.

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

Anderson, Sparky

12.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

13.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

14.

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

Graham, Billy

15.

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

16.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

17.

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

Collier, Robert

18.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Ford, Henry

19.

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

Gide, Andre

20.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

21.

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

John Wesley

22.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

23.

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

Lewis, C. S.

24.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

25.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

26.

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

27.

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

Ruskin, John

28.

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

29.

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

Robbins, Anthony

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

35.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

36.

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

Reed, Scott

37.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

38.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

39.

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

Bunyan, John

40.

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

Lao-Tzu

41.

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

Rogers, Will

42.

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

43.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

44.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

45.

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

Bible

46.

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

47.

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

Proverb

48.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

49.

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

Euripides

50.

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