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Friday, 21 November 2008
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"There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American." (Twain, Mark - America)

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Browse Quotations about Giving

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
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.
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.
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Always think in terms of what the other person wants.
Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.
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.
Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.
EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.
For it is in giving that we receive.
For of those to whom much is given, much is required.
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.
Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Getters don't get -- givers get.
Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.
Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... [Luke 6:38]
Give light and people will find their own way.
Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.
Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.
Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.
Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.
Giving is true having.
Giving opens the way for receiving.
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.
Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.
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.
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.
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.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.
He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
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.
I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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.
I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
If you continually give, you will continually have.
If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.
In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.
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.
It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35]
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.
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.
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
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]
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.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Nature does not give to those who will not spend...
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.
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24]
One must be poor to know the luxury of 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.
Seek joy in what you give not in what you get
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.
Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.
The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.
The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.
The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]
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.