Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Ruskin, John

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bunyan, John

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

Bible

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

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]

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

Reed, Scott

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Robbins, Anthony

10.

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

11.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

14.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

15.

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

Proverb, Chinese

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Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil

18.

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

Braunstein, Richard

20.

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

Johnson, Dave

21.

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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A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Publilius Syrus

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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

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

Camus, Albert

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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

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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

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

Rohn, Jim

28.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

29.

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

30.

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

Rogers, Will

31.

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

Baldwin, James

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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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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

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Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Baughan, R.J.

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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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.

37.

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

Bible

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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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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

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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

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

44.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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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

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

Collier, Robert

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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

48.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

49.

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

Williamson, Marianne

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.