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

16.

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

Bible

17.

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

Collier, Robert

18.

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

19.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

20.

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

Macleod, Fiona

21.

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

22.

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

Robbins, Anthony

23.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

24.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

25.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

30.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

31.

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

32.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

33.

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

Macewan, Norman

34.

You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

35.

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

Hobbs, Herschel

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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

37.

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

Mckeun, Rod

39.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

40.

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

Gide, Andre

41.

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

John Wesley

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

Mother Teresa

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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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

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

Lao-Tzu

48.

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

Rogers, Will

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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.