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

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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

You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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

Gibbs, Philip

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Margaret Cho

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

Rogers, Will

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

Peters, Thomas J.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

Camus, Albert

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

10.

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

11.

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

Edwards, Flora

12.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

13.

You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.

14.

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

Bunyan, John

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

Munthe, Axel

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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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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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Give light and people will find their own way.

21.

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

Speare, Grace

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

27.

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

Young, Vash

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EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

Wellesly, Rev. John

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

Virgil

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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

31.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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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]

Bible

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

Bible

37.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Bible

40.

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

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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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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

Proverb

44.

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

Mckeun, Rod

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What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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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