Motivational Quotes

Giving

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Giving

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

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

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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

Bible

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

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

Proverb

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

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

10.

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

11.

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

Collier, Robert

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Mother Teresa

14.

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

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Williamson, Marianne

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Bunyan, John

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

Ruskin, John

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Speare, Grace

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Give light and people will find their own way.

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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

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

25.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Jackson, Jesse

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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

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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

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

Graham, Billy

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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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

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

Johnson, Dave

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Munthe, Axel

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

P. D. James

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

Mckeun, Rod

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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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

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Macewan, Norman

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The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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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.

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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

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Bible

50.

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

Meltzer, Bernard