Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

4.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

5.

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

Macewan, Norman

6.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

7.

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

8.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

9.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

10.

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

11.

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

Graham, Billy

12.

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

Canfield, Jack

13.

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

Proverb

14.

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

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.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

17.

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

Mckeun, Rod

18.

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

Jackson, Jesse

19.

Give light and people will find their own way.

20.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

21.

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

22.

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Speare, Grace

23.

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

Mother Teresa

24.

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

25.

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

Lewis, C. S.

26.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

27.

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

28.

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

Bible

29.

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

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.

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.

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

34.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

35.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

36.

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

P. D. James

37.

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

Gide, Andre

38.

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

Gibbs, Philip

39.

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

Lao-Tzu

40.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

41.

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

Bible

42.

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

43.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

44.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

45.

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

Rohn, Jim

46.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

47.

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

48.

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

49.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

50.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.