Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Virgil

Best Quotes about Giving

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Bible

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Bible

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

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

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

10.

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

Gide, Andre

11.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

12.

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

Collier, Robert

15.

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

Mother Teresa

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Lao-Tzu

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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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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Rohn, Jim

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

Speare, Grace

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

25.

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

26.

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

Baughan, R.J.

27.

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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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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When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

Munro, Hector Hugh

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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

31.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

32.

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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Give light and people will find their own way.

34.

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

Graham, Billy

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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.

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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

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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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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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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 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

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

John Wesley

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

Euripides

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.