Quotes about giving

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

Proverb on giving
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"Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little."

Proverb, Chinese on giving   

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

Reed, Scott on giving
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"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives."

Robbins, Anthony on giving
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"I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips."

Rogers, Will on giving   

"Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process."

Rohn, Jim on giving
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on giving
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"He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes."

Ross, Percy on giving
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"To get, give."

Roth, Bob on giving   

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

Ruskin, John on giving   

"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 on giving
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"When you give yourself, you receive more than you give."

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De on giving
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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 on giving   

"There is no delight in owning anything unshared."

Seneca on giving
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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 on giving   

"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."

Shaw, George Bernard on giving   

"The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away."

Sheen, Fulton John on giving   

"Giving opens the way for receiving."

Shinn, Florence Scovel on giving   

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

Speare, Grace on giving   

"Giving is true having."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on giving   

"We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep."

Swetchine, Anne Sophie on giving   

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

Unknown, Source on giving   

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

Unknown, Source on giving   

"You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been."

Unknown, Source on giving   

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

Unknown, Source on giving   

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

Unknown, Source on giving   

"Go-Givers will become the best go-getters."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"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."

Unknown, Source on giving
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"Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"Give light and people will find their own way."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"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."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"If you continually give, you will continually have."

Unknown, Source on giving   

"Seek joy in what you give not in what you get"

Unknown, Source on giving   

"Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts."

Virgil on giving   

"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 on giving   

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes on giving   

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

Wharton, Edith on giving
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"When I give I give myself."

Whitman, Walt on giving
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"If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed."

Williamson, Marianne on giving