Quote: Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back. Author: John Ruskin 1819-1900, British Critic, Social Theorist
Quote: 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. Author: Antoine De Saint-Exupery 1900-1944, French Aviator, Writer
Quote: When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. Author: Antoine De Saint-Exupery 1900-1944, French Aviator, Writer
Quote: There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most. Author: May Sarton 1912-, American Poet, Novelist
Quote: There is no delight in owning anything unshared. Author: Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
Quote: 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. Author: Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
Quote: Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. Author: George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
Quote: The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. Author: Fulton John Sheen 1895-1979, American Roman Catholic Clergyman, Broadcaster
Quote: Giving opens the way for receiving. Author: Florence Scovel Shinn American Artist, Metaphysics Teacher, Author
Quote: The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back. Author: Grace Speare
Quote: Giving is true having. Author: Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1834-1892, British Baptist Preacher
Quote: We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep. Author: Anne Sophie Swetchine 1782-1857, Russian Author
Quote: 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. Author: Brian Tracy American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman
Quote: Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Give light and people will find their own way. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: 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. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Go-Givers will become the best go-getters. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: If you continually give, you will continually have. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: 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. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Seek joy in what you give not in what you get Author: Source Unknown
Quote: The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share Author: Source Unknown
Quote: When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts. Author: Virgil c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman Poet
Quote: EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can. Author: Rev. John Wellesly American Minister
Quote: Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast. Author: Edward Noyes Westcott 1847-1898, American Author
Quote: There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Author: Edith Wharton 1862-1937, American Author
Quote: When I give I give myself. Author: Walt Whitman 1819-1892, American Poet
Quote: If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed. Author: Marianne Williamson 1952-, American Author, Lecturer on Spirituality
Quote: I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business. Author: Vash Young
Quote: 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.'' Author: Joseph Addison 1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman
Quote: It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. Author: Henri Frederic Amiel 1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic
Quote: The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. Author: Sparky Anderson American Baseball Manager
Quote: The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live. Author: Ethel Percy Andrus American Educator, Founder of the National Retired Teachers
Quote: No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning. Author: Barbara De Angelis American Expert on Relationship & Love, Author
Quote: From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Author: Arthur Ashe 1943-1993, African-American Tennis Player
Quote: It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. Author: James Baldwin 1924-1987, American Author
Quote: Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. Author: Mary Bateson American Author
Quote: Nature does not give to those who will not spend... Author: R.J. Baughan
Quote: There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave. Author: Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer
Quote: Getters don't get -- givers get. Author: Eugene Benge
Quote: Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. Author: Walter Benjamin 1982-1940, German Critic, Philosopher
Quote: Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return. Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. [2 Corinthians 9:7] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. Author: Richard Braunstein
Quote: He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. Author: John Bunyan 1628-1688, British Author
Quote: All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin. Author: Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet
Quote: I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual. Author: Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet
Quote: It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all. Author: Albert Camus 1913-1960, French Existential Writer
Quote: When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you. Author: Jack Canfield American Motivational Speaker, Author, Trainer
Quote: The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others. Author: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881-1955, French Christian Mystic, Author
Quote: 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. Author: Robert Collier American Writer, Publisher
Quote: You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get. Author: Robert Collier American Writer, Publisher
Quote: The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. Author: Pierre Corneille 1606-1684, French Dramatist
Quote: Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. Author: Henry Van Dyke 1852--1933, American Protestant Clergyman and Writer
Quote: In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us. Author: Flora Edwards
Quote: What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost. Author: Tryon Edwards 1809-1894, American Theologian
Quote: One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. Author: George Eliot 1819-1880, British Novelist
Quote: Always think in terms of what the other person wants. Author: James Van Fleet American Author, Lecturer
Quote: The more sympathy you give, the less you need. Author: Malcolm S. Forbes 1919-1990, American Publisher, Businessman
Quote: 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. Author: Henry Ford 1863-1947, American Industrialist, Founder of Ford Motor Company
Quote: For it is in giving that we receive. Author: St. Francis of Assisi 1181-1226, Italian Preacher, Founder of the Franciscan Orde
Quote: He that bringeth a present findeth the door open. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. Author: Philip Gibbs
Quote: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Author: Kahlil Gibran 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist
Quote: Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. Author: Andre Gide 1869-1951, French Author
Quote: 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. Author: Pamela Glenconner
Quote: God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. Author: Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist
Quote: There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown. Author: Napoleon Hill 1883-1970, American Speaker, Motivational Writer, ''Think and Grow Rich''
Quote: You give before you get. Author: Napoleon Hill 1883-1970, American Speaker, Motivational Writer, ''Think and Grow Rich''
Quote: The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience. Author: Herschel Hobbs
Quote: Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards. Author: Elbert Hubbard 1859-1915, American Author, Publisher
Quote: A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. Author: Jesse Jackson 1941-, American Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader
Quote: To give is to receive... Author: Gerald G. Jampolsky American Psychiatrist, Lecturer, Author
Quote: Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long. Author: Dave Johnson
Quote: 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. Author: James Joyce 1882-1941, Irish Author
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. Author: Thomas p Kempis 1379-1471, German Monk, Mystic, Religious Writer
Quote: For of those to whom much is given, much is required. Author: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, Thirty-fifth President of the USA
Quote: In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving. Author: Sheldon Kopp 1929-, American Psychologist
Quote: You only get to keep what you give away. Author: Sheldon Kopp 1929-, American Psychologist
Quote: We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. Author: Jean De La Fontaine 1621-1695, French Poet
Quote: He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much. Author: Lao-Tzu BC 600-?, Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism, Author of the ''Tao Te Ching''
Quote: If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence. Author: Lao-Tzu BC 600-?, Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism, Author of the ''Tao Te Ching''
Quote: 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. Author: Ada Leverson
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. Author: C. S. Lewis 1898-1963, British Academic, Writer, Christian Apologist
Quote: Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. Author: C. S. Lewis 1898-1963, British Academic, Writer, Christian Apologist
Quote: To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1906-, American Author
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. Author: Vince Lombardi 1913-1970, American Football Coach
Quote: we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Author: Norman Macewan
Quote: 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. Author: Alexander Maclaren 1826-1910, British Preacher
Quote: 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. Author: Fiona Macleod
Quote: It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest. Author: Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine
Quote: We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest. Author: Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924, American Author, Founder of Success Magazine
Quote: In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. Author: George Mcdonald
Quote: The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them. Author: Rod Mckeun
Quote: Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. Author: Bernard Meltzer 1914-, American Law Professor
Quote: We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving Author: Bernard Meltzer 1914-, American Law Professor
Quote: It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. Author: Mother Teresa 1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary
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. Author: Hector Hugh Munro 1870-1916, British Novelist, Writer
Quote: What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever. Author: Axel Munthe
Quote: Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn. Author: Earl Nightingale 1921-1989, American Radio Announcer, Author, Motivator, Speaker
Quote: 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. Author: Anthony Norvell
Quote: 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. Author: William Paley American Businessman, Chairman of CBS
Quote: 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. Author: William Paley 1743-1805, British Philosopher
Quote: 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. Author: Dorothy Parker 1893-1967, American Humorous Writer
Quote: Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune. Author: Thomas J. Peters 1942-, American Management Consultant, Author, Trainer
Quote: A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses. Author: Proverb
Quote: Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. Author: Chinese Proverb Sayings of Chinese Origin
Quote: You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest. Author: Scott Reed
Quote: It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. Author: Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant
Quote: I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips. Author: Will Rogers 1879-1935, American Humorist, Actor
Quote: Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process. Author: Jim Rohn American Businessman, Author, Speaker, Philosopher
Quote: 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. Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA
Quote: He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes. Author: Percy Ross American Columnist