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

16.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Anderson, Sparky

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Lao-Tzu

20.

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.

21.

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

John Wesley

22.

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

Ruskin, John

23.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Nightingale, Earl

24.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Meltzer, Bernard

25.

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

Charles Dudley Warner

26.

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.

27.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Fuller, Thomas

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

33.

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

Bunyan, John

34.

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

Publilius Syrus

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

Graham, Billy

38.

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

39.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Tracy, Brian

40.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

41.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

42.

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

Jackson, Jesse

43.

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

P. D. James

44.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

45.

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

Camus, Albert

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

Ross, Percy

50.

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