Quotes about giving




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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."

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

Graham, Billy on giving
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"You give before you get."

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"There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown."

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

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

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

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"To give is to receive..."

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

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"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
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"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."

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

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

Kopp, Sheldon on giving
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"You only get to keep what you give away."

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"We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give."

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

Lao-Tzu on giving
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"He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much."

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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."

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

Lewis, C. S. on giving
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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. on giving
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"To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow on giving
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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."

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

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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."

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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."

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

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

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

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

Meltzer, Bernard on giving
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"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."

Mother Teresa on giving
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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."

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

Munthe, Axel on giving
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"Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn."

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"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."

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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."

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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 on giving    Share

"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."

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

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