Giving Quotes

78 quotations about Giving
The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.
Sparky Anderson · Giving
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Arthur Ashe · Giving
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
Mary Bateson · Giving
There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.
Henry Ward Beecher · Giving
Getters don't get -- givers get.
Eugene Benge · Giving
Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
Walter Benjamin · Giving
It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35]
Bible · Giving
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.
Richard Braunstein · Giving
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
John Bunyan · Giving
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Lord Byron · Giving
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
Lord Byron · Giving
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
Albert Camus · Giving
When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.
Jack Canfield · Giving
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin · Giving
You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.
Robert Collier · Giving
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Pierre Corneille · Giving
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
Henry Van Dyke · Giving
What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
Tryon Edwards · Giving
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
George Eliot · Giving
Always think in terms of what the other person wants.
James Van Fleet · Giving
The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
Malcolm S. Forbes · Giving
For it is in giving that we receive.
St. Francis of Assisi · Giving
He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.
Thomas Fuller · Giving
It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.
Philip Gibbs · Giving
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Andre Gide · Giving

Authors on Giving

Sparky Anderson Arthur Ashe Mary Bateson Henry Ward Beecher Eugene Benge Walter Benjamin Bible Richard Braunstein John Bunyan Lord Byron Albert Camus Jack Canfield Pierre Teilhard De Chardin Chinese Proverb Robert Collier Pierre Corneille Henry Van Dyke Tryon Edwards George Eliot James Van Fleet