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

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

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

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

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

Edwards, Flora

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Speare, Grace

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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

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

Euripides

13.

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

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Lao-Tzu

19.

Give light and people will find their own way.

20.

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

Graham, Billy

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

Ruskin, John

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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

Baldwin, James

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.

Johnson, Dave

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

Bunyan, John

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

Braunstein, Richard

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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.

29.

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

Macewan, Norman

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

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Proverb

32.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

Gide, Andre

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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

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

36.

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

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

Sheen, Fulton John

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

Gibbs, Philip

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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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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.

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

Munthe, Axel

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Bateson, Mary

46.

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

Collier, Robert

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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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

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