Motivational Quotes

Giving

Giving is true having.

- Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Gide, Andre

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

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

Baughan, R.J.

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

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

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

Johnson, Dave

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

John Wesley

10.

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

11.

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

Virgil

12.

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

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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

14.

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

Mother Teresa

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

Graham, Billy

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

Eleanor Hamilton

18.

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

Anderson, Sparky

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

20.

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

21.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

25.

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

Young, Vash

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

27.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

28.

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

Bunyan, John

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Robbins, Anthony

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We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

Meltzer, Bernard

32.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Lao-Tzu

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Give light and people will find their own way.