Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

Ruskin, John

2.

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

Williamson, Marianne

3.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

4.

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

5.

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

6.

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

Lewis, C. S.

7.

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

Anderson, Sparky

8.

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

Collier, Robert

9.

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

Johnson, Dave

10.

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

11.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

12.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

13.

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

14.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

15.

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

Rogers, Will

16.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

17.

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

Mckeun, Rod

18.

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.

19.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

20.

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

21.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

22.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

23.

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

Braunstein, Richard

24.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

25.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

26.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

Gibbs, Philip

30.

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

31.

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

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32.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

33.

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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34.

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

35.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

36.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

37.

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

P. D. James

38.

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

Meltzer, Bernard

39.

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Maclaren, Alexander

40.

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

Ross, Percy

41.

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

42.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

43.

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

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44.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

45.

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

Lao-Tzu

46.

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

Graham, Billy

47.

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

Proverb, Chinese

48.

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

49.

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

Lao-Tzu

50.

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