Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Peters, Thomas J.

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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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2.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

3.

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

Mckeun, Rod

4.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

5.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner

6.

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

7.

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

Ross, Percy

8.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

9.

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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10.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

Addison, Joseph

11.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

12.

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

13.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

14.

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

Proverb

15.

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

Camus, Albert

16.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

17.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

18.

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

19.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

20.

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

Munthe, Axel

21.

Give light and people will find their own way.

22.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

23.

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

24.

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

Williamson, Marianne

25.

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

Lao-Tzu

26.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

27.

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

Proverb, Chinese

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Robbins, Anthony

32.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

33.

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

34.

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

Young, Vash

35.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

36.

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.

37.

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

Jackson, Jesse

38.

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

Bunyan, John

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Collier, Robert

42.

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

Canfield, Jack

43.

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

44.

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

Johnson, Dave

45.

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

Lao-Tzu

46.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

47.

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