Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Reed, Scott

Best Quotes about Giving

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

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

Ruskin, John

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

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

Gide, Andre

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

Eleanor Hamilton

It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Marden, Orison Swett

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

John Wesley

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

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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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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

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

Munthe, Axel

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Proverb, Chinese

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Benjamin, Walter

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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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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

21.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

Benge, Eugene

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

Camus, Albert

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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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Giving opens the way for receiving.

Shinn, Florence Scovel

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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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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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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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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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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]

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31.

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

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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]

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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Gifts allow us to demonstrate exactly how little we know about a person. And nothing pisses a person off more than being shoved into the wrong pigeonhole.

Pam Davis

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

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

Lao-Tzu

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

P. D. James

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Reed, Scott

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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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Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Westcott, Edward Noyes

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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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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Dyke, Henry Van

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If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Williamson, Marianne

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I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.