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Quotes About Giving

There is a certain grandeur and nobility in administering to another's need out of one's fullness and plenty. One
~ Howard Thurman
I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.
~ Unknown
The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help.
~ Unknown
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
~ Idries Shah
If you give what can be takes, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Take what is given: Give what cannot be taken.
~ Idries Shah
One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.
~ Idries Shah
Se puede dar o rehusar de una manera mucho más efectiva, elaborada, útil, por completo invisible para las personas que piensan que dar o rehusar es un hecho producto de evaluación externa. Si buscas algún indicio de favor o "promoción", debes saber que no estás listo. El progreso llega a través de la capacidad de aprender, y es irresistible. Nadie puede interponerse entre tú y el conocimiento, si eres apto para éste.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet Distribution God it is who gives: I am only a distributor.
~ Idries Shah
Dicho del Profeta Distribución Dios es quien otorga; yo tan sólo soy un distribuidor.
~ Idries Shah
Give and Take The Chief takes less than he is given And gives more than he has taken.
~ Idries Shah
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
~ Ignatius of Loyola
Contemplación para alcanzar amor. Primero conviene advertir en dos cosas. La primera es que el amor se debe poner más en las obras que en las palabras. La segunda: el amor consiste en comunicación de las dos partes, es a saber, en dar y comunicar el amante al amado lo que tiene, o de lo que tiene o puede, y así, por el contrario, el amado al amante. De manera que si el uno tiene ciencia, dar al que no la tiene, si honores, si riquezas, y así el otro al otro.
~ Ignatius of Loyola
He was a man, in short, who had arranged his own life to live comfortably, selfishly, and well on the personal side, so that he could give generously and impartially of his talents on the official side.
~ Cordwainer Smith
What I spent, I had; what I saved, I lost; what I gave, I have.
~ Corrie Ten Boom
We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.
~ Craig Groeschel
Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.
~ Craig Groeschel
The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring, and glorifying God. After all, generosity is fundamental to God's nature.
~ Craig Groeschel
We can give away all that He entrusts to us in the same spirit of generosity.
~ Craig Groeschel
You can't know the intimate marriage you desire Ã¢â'¬Â¦ until you know Jesus first. You have to receive His love before you can give it. His love must overtake you, envelop you, and fill you. Only then can you share it with another.
~ Craig Groeschel
When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
~ Craig Groeschel
We find our lives when we give them away.
~ Craig Groeschel
Our family has agreed to increase the percentage of what we give each year. Instead of increasing our standard of living, we're increasing our standard of giving.
~ Craig Groeschel
Not everything given away is recoverable.
~ Cynthia Ozick
I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and I hope to raise my daughter to be a very kind and charitable person.
~ Rebecca Gayheart