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Quotes About Giving

Men's giving can only be to a certain extent: but God's is without limit.
~ J. Sidlow Baxter
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
~ Elbert Hubbard
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
~ Voltaire
The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.
~ Edvard Munch
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash.
~ P. G. Wodehouse
A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.
~ Andrew Carnegie
The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization.
~ Walter Russell
When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.
~ David Baldacci
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
~ Edward Dahlberg
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.
~ Harry S. Truman
It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Yoga accepts. Yoga gives.
~ Terri Guillemets
In a sermon titled "The Use of Money," John Wesley preached a concept that can be summarized as, "Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can."1 That's prosperity with a purpose!
~ Terry Felber
Love lives only by sacrifice
~ Thérèse de Lisieux
What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.
~ The Hitopadesa
God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee.
~ The Talmud
He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.
~ The Talmud
The decay of giving is today matched by a hardness towards receiving.
~ Theodor W. Adorno
Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.
~ Theodore Dreiser
This is the answer! The answer is not in getting and keeping, but in getting and giving. The answer is not in saving and preserving, but in growing and changing. The answer is not in making things stop, but in making things go. The answer is not in covering and hiding, but in touching and sharing. The answer is not in thinking, but in feeling. The answer is not in death, but love. Not death, but life. Not death!
~ Theodore Sturgeon
For where the money of the church goes, so goes its heart.
~ Thom S. Rainer
He placed us in churches to serve, to care for others, to pray for leaders, to learn, to teach, to give, and, in some cases, to die for the sake of the gospel. Many churches are weak because we have members who have turned the meaning of membership upside down. It's time to get it right. It's time to become a church member as God intended. It's time to give instead of being entitled.
~ Thom S. Rainer
you are there to meet the needs of others. You are there to serve others. You are there to give. You are there to sacrifice.
~ Thom S. Rainer
I love giving back. There were a lot of people when I got started who really helped me. I do a lot of seminars and appearances. It's neat to be able to be in a position to do that. I've always loved coaching; it's how I got started.
~ Brian Shaw