Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

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Best Quotes about Giving

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Ross, Percy

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

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

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

Bunyan, John

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

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

Proverb

10.

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

Canfield, Jack

11.

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

Macewan, Norman

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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

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

Jackson, Jesse

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

16.

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Speare, Grace

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

Publilius Syrus

18.

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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

21.

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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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.

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You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer

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

Bible

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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

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

Rohn, Jim

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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

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

Reed, Scott

31.

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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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.

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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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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

40.

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

Mckeun, Rod

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

Bible

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

Peters, Thomas J.

43.

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Ruskin, John

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There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Hill, Napoleon

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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

Gibbs, Philip

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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Angelis, Barbara De

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Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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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