Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Rogers, Will

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Collier, Robert

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Braunstein, Richard

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Marden, Orison Swett

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

10.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

11.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

12.

You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

13.

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

Jackson, Jesse

14.

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

Edwards, Flora

16.

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

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

Bible

18.

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

19.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

21.

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

Mother Teresa

22.

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

Ross, Percy

23.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

24.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

25.

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

Ruskin, John

26.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

27.

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.

28.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

P. D. James

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

32.

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

Lao-Tzu

33.

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

34.

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

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy