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Quotes About Giving

What we frankly give, forever is our own.
~ George Granville
Happiness ... consists in giving, and in serving others.
~ Henry Drummond
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
~ Victor Hugo
The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
The fragrance of what you give away stays with you.
~ Earl Allen
There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
~ Henry Drummond
Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.
~ German proverb
We not only need to be willing to give, but also to be open to receiving from others.
~ On Hope
No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.
~ Calvin Coolidge
You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.
~ Bill Gates
There are many philanthropists who we admire and have learned a great deal from, including mentors like Bill and Melinda Gates and peers like Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz.
~ Priscilla Chan
I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.
~ Husnu Ozyegin
My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it.
~ Meghan Markle
Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.
~ JaVale McGee
Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters... You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
~ Blake Mycoskie
I was on 'The Mike Douglas Show' twice. I was on the cover of practically every magazine in the United States. I never said no to anything. I told everything to everybody. I gave everything away, and when you give it all away, you have nothing left.
~ Peter Frampton
People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.
~ George Matthew Adams
I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
~ Sam Simon
The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
~ Ted Turner
It's bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody something you want THEM to have.
~ Truman Capote
As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.
~ Tyson Chandler
Im so lucky, Ive been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.
~ Vendela Kirsebom
New York is a great place to be if you want to make an impact and be involved in charities or philanthropic organizations like my wife and I are.
~ Justin Tuck
[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.
~ Lucy Maud Montgomery