Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Reed, Scott

Best Quotes about Giving

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]

Bible

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

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

Reed, Scott

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

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

If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Johnson, Dave

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

10.

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

11.

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

12.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

13.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

Give light and people will find their own way.

18.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

Lewis, C. S.

22.

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

23.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

24.

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

25.

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

Camus, Albert

26.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

27.

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

Gide, Andre

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.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

30.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

31.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

32.

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

Bunyan, John

33.

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

Ross, Percy

34.

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

Braunstein, Richard

35.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

36.

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

Munthe, Axel

37.

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

38.

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

Euripides

39.

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.

40.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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.

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

Anderson, Sparky

44.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

45.

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

46.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

John Wesley

50.

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

Proverb, Chinese