Motivational Quotes

Giving

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

- Forbes, Malcolm S.

Best Quotes about Giving

1.

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

2.

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

Euripides

3.

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

4.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

5.

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

6.

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

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7.

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

Publilius Syrus

8.

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

9.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

10.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

11.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

12.

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

13.

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]

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14.

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

Ruskin, John

15.

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.

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

Reed, Scott

17.

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

Jackson, Jesse

18.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

19.

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

20.

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

Macewan, Norman

21.

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

22.

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

Eleanor Hamilton

23.

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

Munthe, Axel

24.

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

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25.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

26.

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

Bunyan, John

27.

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.

28.

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

Byron, Lord

29.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

30.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

31.

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

32.

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

Mother Teresa

33.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

34.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

35.

If you continually give, you will continually have.

36.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

37.

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

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38.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

39.

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

40.

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

Edwards, Flora

41.

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

Gide, Andre

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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

Proverb, Chinese

46.

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

47.

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

Rogers, Will

48.

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

Rohn, Jim

49.

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

50.

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De