Quotes about giving

"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 on giving   

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

Graham, Billy on giving
4 fans of this quote   

"You give before you get."

Hill, Napoleon on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Hobbs, Herschel on giving   

"Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards."

Hubbard, Elbert on giving
6 fans of this quote   

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

Jackson, Jesse on giving   

"To give is to receive..."

Jampolsky, Gerald G. on giving   

This quotation can be viewed in the context of a book

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

Johnson, Dave on giving   

"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 on giving
4 fans of this quote   

"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 on giving   

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

Bible on giving
9 fans of this quote   

"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."

Kopp, Sheldon on giving
3 fans of this quote   

"You only get to keep what you give away."

Kopp, Sheldon on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Lao-Tzu on giving
8 fans of this quote   

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

Lao-Tzu on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Lewis, C. S. on giving
14 fans of this quote   

"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. on giving
10 fans of this quote   

"To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow on giving
3 fans of this quote   

"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 on giving   

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

Macewan, Norman on giving   

"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 on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Marden, Orison Swett on giving
4 fans of this quote   

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

Marden, Orison Swett on giving   

"In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given."

Mcdonald, George on giving
4 fans of this quote   

"The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them."

Mckeun, Rod on giving   

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

Meltzer, Bernard on giving
9 fans of this quote   

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

Meltzer, Bernard on giving
23 fans of this quote   

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

Mother Teresa on giving
13 fans of this quote   

"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 on giving   

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

Munthe, Axel on giving
9 fans of this quote   

"Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn."

Nightingale, Earl on giving   

"Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give."

Norvell, Anthony on giving   

"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 on giving   

"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 on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Peters, Thomas J. on giving