Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

2.

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

Graham, Billy

3.

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

Young, Vash

4.

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.

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

Camus, Albert

8.

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

9.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

10.

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

Rogers, Will

11.

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

12.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

13.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

14.

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

15.

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

Bible

16.

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

17.

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

18.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

19.

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share

20.

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

21.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

22.

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

Bible

23.

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

Publilius Syrus

24.

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

Braunstein, Richard

25.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

26.

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

27.

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Canfield, Jack

28.

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

Proverb, Chinese

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

33.

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

Jackson, Jesse

34.

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

Edwards, Flora

35.

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

36.

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

Rohn, Jim

37.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

38.

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

Ross, Percy

39.

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

Collier, Robert

40.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

41.

Give light and people will find their own way.

42.

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

Proverb

43.

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

44.

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

Johnson, Dave

45.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

46.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Tracy, Brian

47.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

48.

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

49.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

50.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De