giving quotes

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

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

If you give, you will be blessed.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t – I mean, it takes money.

It’s amazing how people will give when you don’t ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled.

Giving is just one way of expressing that God has been good to you and will continue to do so through your being good to others.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his ‚basic rights.‘

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

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.‘

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

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

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy’s going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.

God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

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

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.

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

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.