Quotes, Proverbs and Sayings on Giving
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I've attempted to collect some interesting proverbs, quotes and sayings on giving. Enjoy!
Giving is fishing. ~Italian proverb
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ~Andre Gide
For it is in giving that we receive. ~St. Francis Of Assisi
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. ~C. S. Lewis
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.--So, spread your love everywhere you go. Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland
No one has ever become poor by giving. ~Anne Frank
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. ~Richard Braunstein
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Elizabeth Bibesco
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Melvin Schleeds
It is expressly at those times when we feel needy that we will benefit the most from giving. ~Ruth Ross
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arab proverb
The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life. ~Jim Rohn
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. ~Heda Bejar
He that gives quickly gives twice. ~Cervantes
In the sphere of material things, giving means being rich. Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. ~Erich Fromm
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what he has given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received. ~Seneca
Giving opens the way for receiving. ~Florence Scovel Shinn
Giving is true having. ~Charles Spurgeon
Giving is a joy if we do it in the right spirit. It all depends on whether we think of it as "What can I spare?" or as "What can I share?" ~Esther Baldwin York
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ~Lao-tzu
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~Pierre Corneille
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. ~George Eliot
He gives little who gives with a frown; he gives much who gives little with a smile. ~The Talmud
We are rich only through what we give. ~Anne-Sophie Swetchine
The ones that give, get back in kind. ~Pam Durban
It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. ~Gloria Steinem
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. ~Kahlil Gibran
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. ~Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The generous man grows rich in giving, the miser poor in taking. ~Danish proverb
We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are. ~Desire-Joseph Mercier
Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise. ~English proverb
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Norman MacEwen
You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest. ~Scott Reed
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor. ~Dutch proverb
What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever. ~Munthe
You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get. ~Robert Collier
You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside. ~Arab proverb
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied. ~Vietnamese proverb
Giving promptly is like giving twice. ~Sicilian proverb
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