Quotes About Giving

Gift giving is part of the culture no matter where you are and no matter how long you stay.

The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.

There was such an interesting exchange rate in this woman's mind...whenever she remembered anyone giving her anything, they only gave a very little and kept the lion's share to themselves. But whenever she remembered giving anyone anything she gave a lot, so much it almost ruined her.

affection by trying to make things happen for the others. This puts a Giver in the uncomfortable position of having to receive. It may feel like the Eight is dominating even

7 Si has tenido y has dado, el mundo afirma que has perdido lo que poseías. 8 La verdad mantiene que dar incrementa lo que posees.

Protege todas las cosas que valoras dándolas, y así te asegurarás de no perderlas nunca.

5 No hay un dador y un receptor en el sentido en el que el mundo los concibe. 6 Hay un dador que conserva lo que da, y otro que también habrá de dar. 7 Y ambos ganarán en este intercambio, pues cada uno de ellos dispondrá del pensamiento en la forma que le resulte más útil.

2 El que entiende el significado de dar, no puede por menos que reírse de la idea del sacrificio.

6 Debes reconocer que cualquier clase de sacrificio no es sino una limitación que se le impone al acto de dar.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

Love is not getting, but giving

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and madness of desire - oh, no - love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living - yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.

Give what you have. To some it may be better than you dare think.

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted, If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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.

The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

Stop robbing others before you give money to beggars. With the same hand that we rob one person, we reward another, giving to the poor the money which we have taken from the even poorer. Better no charity than this kind of charity.

A thread from everyone, and the naked will have a shirt." There is no beggar but has his thread of cotton, and he will not grudge it to a naked man - no, nor even to a fully dressed one; but will bestow it on the first comer. The poor, who want to forget their poverty, are very ready with their threads. Moreover, they prefer to give them to the rich, rather than to a fellow-tramp. To load the rich with benefits, must not one be very rich indeed? That is why fame is so easily got.

research shows that generosity is a cause of lasting happiness,

Generosity is woven into the fabric of all existence. All living things give and receive all the time. The very act of breathing is a kind of giving and receiving.

St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important eighth and ninth chapters, where he urges some of the Christian communities to be generous to others so that they may also have the chance to be generous in return.

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