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

Giving
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A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Jesse Jackson

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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.

Alexander Maclaren

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All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Earl Nightingale

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Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

Deepak Chopra

Giving
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

André Gide

Giving
8

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

George Bernard Shaw

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For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi

Giving
10

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.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

Giving
12

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Walter Benjamin

Giving
13

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

Thomas J. Peters

Giving
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Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... -- Luke 6:38

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15

Give light and people will find their own way.

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

John Ruskin

Giving
17

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
18

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

Jim Rohn

Giving
19

Giving is true having.

Charles Spurgeon

Giving
20

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

Giving
21

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.

Giving
22

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

Billy Graham

Giving
23

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Thomas Fuller M.D.

Giving
24

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.

Thomas à Kempis

Giving
25

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

John Bunyan

Giving
26

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Laozi

Giving
27

I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.

George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron

Giving
28

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.

C. S. Lewis

Giving
29

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.

Joseph Addison

Giving
30

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Will Rogers

Giving
31

If you continually give, you will continually have.

Giving
32

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

Laozi

Giving
33

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.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Giving
34

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

Orison Swett Marden

Giving
35

It is more blessed to give than to receive. -- Acts 20:35

Giving
36

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

Albert Camus

Giving
37

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Tony Robbins

Giving
38

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.

James Baldwin

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39

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

Mother Teresa

Giving
40

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

Giving
41

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.

Giving
42

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Henry van Dyke

Giving
43

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

Elbert Hubbard

Giving
44

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.

Barbara De Angelis

Giving
45

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

C. S. Lewis

Giving
46

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. -- Proverbs 11-24

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47

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

George Eliot

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48

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

Giving
49

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Giving
50

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Jesus Christ

Giving, The Needy
51

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

Giving
52

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. -- Proverbs 11.25

Giving
53

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.

Henry Ford

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54

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Pierre Corneille

Giving
55

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.

Brian Tracy

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56

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Malcolm Forbes

Giving
57

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
58

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

Giving
59

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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60

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

Edith Wharton

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61

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca the Younger

Giving
62

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

May Sarton

Giving
63

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.

Vince Lombardi

Giving
64

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Henry Ward Beecher

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65

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

Napoleon Hill

Giving
66

To give is to receive...

Gerald G. Jampolsky

Giving
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To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Giving
68

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:49]

Giving
69

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

Virgil

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70

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

Madame Swetchine

Giving
71

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Orison Swett Marden

Giving
72

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

Jean de La Fontaine

Giving
73

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 the Younger

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74

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Tyron edwards

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75

When I give I give myself.

Walt Whitman

Giving
76

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

Giving
77

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.

Saki

Giving
78

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Giving
79

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.

James Joyce

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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.

Dorothy Parker

Giving
81

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

Giving
82

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.

Robert Collier

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83

You give before you get.

Napoleon Hill

Giving
84

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Khalil Gibran

Giving
85

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

Robert Collier

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

Giving

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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.

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.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

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.

For it is in giving that we receive.

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.

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 is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Giving is true having.

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 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 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 you continually give, you will continually have.

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

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 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

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.

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.

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

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

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.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

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.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

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

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.

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

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

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.

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

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

To give is to receive...

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:49]

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

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

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

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

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.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

When I give I give myself.

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

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.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

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.

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.

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

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.