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

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

Peters, Thomas J.

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

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

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

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Gide, Andre

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

Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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

Braunstein, Richard

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

11.

Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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.

Baltasar Gracian

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

P. D. James

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

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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

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You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Publilius Syrus

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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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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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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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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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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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

Young, Vash

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

28.

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

Reed, Scott

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Charles Dudley Warner

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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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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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

34.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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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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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

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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.

39.

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

Edwards, Flora

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

John Wesley

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

Baughan, R.J.

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