Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Robbins, Anthony

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Margaret Cho

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

Macewan, Norman

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

Marden, Orison Swett

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

Williamson, Marianne

10.

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

Lao-Tzu

11.

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

Bible

12.

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

Jackson, Jesse

13.

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

Lao-Tzu

14.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

22.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

23.

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

John Wesley

24.

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

Braunstein, Richard

25.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

26.

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

27.

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

P. D. James

28.

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

Proverb, Chinese

29.

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

30.

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

Bible

31.

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

Graham, Billy

32.

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

33.

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

Young, Vash

34.

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

35.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

36.

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

Robbins, Anthony

37.

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

38.

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

Collier, Robert

39.

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

40.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

41.

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

42.

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

Proverb

43.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

44.

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

45.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

46.

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.

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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

48.

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:48]

Bible

49.

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

50.

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