Quotes About Giving

If I cared about who was winning the Oscar, it was when I was a kid when they were giving awards to 'Midnight Cowboy' or 'The Godfather.'

I hail from a middle class educated family and now that God is kind to me by giving me enough money, I want to share it with others.

I dedicate much of my success to what I learned inside and outside the classroom at Porter-Gaud, and I want to give that same opportunity to other kids in Charleston.

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

So many times in life we try to protect what we value, but we are doubly blessed when we give it away. Have you given away your love today? Have you shared your faith? If not, what are you waiting for?

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

Só se dá aquilo que se possui.

Nadie puede dar lo que no le pertenece.

Para la mayoría de las personas, la generosidad consiste en sólo dar. Pero recibir es también un acto de amor. Permitir que el otro nos haga feliz también lo hará feliz a él.

How can one set these opposite states in harmony? There is only one way: through giving oneself completely. How does one give oneself? By forgetting the traumas of the past, and by not forming expectations about the future - in other words, the orgasm. How can one do this? Very simply: by not being afraid to err.

We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love, expecting to be loved in return, are wasting their time. Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.

There is no happiness in having and getting, only in giving.

cuanto más estés dispuesto a dar, más recibirás a cambio.

You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.

Selfless giving is the art of living.

Act of giving something to others is an art of flowering your heart.

You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

The outflow that comes from giving of oneself opens the door to spiritual unfoldment while the attitude of taking locks it.

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You're not supposed to give people things unless you're sure they'd like to get them from you...[B]ut it goes deeper than that. when you give somebody something, you're saying out loud that you know they'd like to have you give -

You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.

Obviously they thought their Lord was giving the haughty tirbeswoman

From 2003 to 2013, according to one study, itemized charitable contributions from people making $500,000 or more increased by 57 percent, while itemized contributions from people making $10,000,000 or more increased by 104 percent over the same period. Some 30,000 new private foundations have been created since 2000, along with 185,000 donor-advised funds, which offer a simpler way to channel money to charitable causes.