Motivational Quotes

Giving

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

- Proverb, Chinese

Best Quotes about Giving

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

Bible

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

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

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 more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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

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

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes

10.

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

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

Bible

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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

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

P. D. James

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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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The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.

Hobbs, Herschel

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

Gibbs, Philip

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

Mother Teresa

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

Eleanor Hamilton

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi, St.

24.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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You only get to keep what you give away.

Kopp, Sheldon

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

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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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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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

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He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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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.

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Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

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

Lao-Tzu

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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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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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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Corneille, Pierre

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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

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

Speare, Grace

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If you continually give, you will continually have.

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When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Canfield, Jack

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

John Wesley

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

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Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

44.

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

Macewan, Norman

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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

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