Quotes About Giving

Prihvatio sam nauk koji mi je dao, da covek dobija, kad daje.

That was the thing about love, though, wasn't it? When you loved somebody, you wanted to give them everything you could. You wanted what was best for them, no matter what. You wanted them to move beyond what was awful and terrible, beyond anything that had ever hurt them.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.

A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature!

Great master Lao Tzu says that 'The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.' Giving is indeed a very good source of happiness! One of the best treasures a man can give to someone is a good and sound idea; because birds can ascend into the sky only with wings, and men, only with good and sound ideas!

Where there is Isness, there God is. Creation is the giving of isness from God. And that is why God becomes where any creature expresses God.

New life, new hope, new joy will start when this is given from the heart.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

You know, I'm still on somebody's list somewhere for giving him next to no money,' Clinton joked later, ' but it was a pretty good chunk of what I had.

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

The specific way that you spend on other people isn't nearly as important as the fact that you spend on other people.

I was able to give them a little candy and a little hope, but they were able to fill me up with so much more.

From 1968 to 2001, US per capita incomes doubled. During that same time, the average church member's giving fell from 3.10 percent to 2.66 percent of their total income.

an example the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (SNFC). We have approximately twelve thousand members, and the median income for a family of four in Sacramento County is $52,000. That means that SNFC members earn $624 million per year, over half a billion dollars. We know that people at that income level give 3 percent of their gross income to charity, which means they give away $18.7 million. Who do they give it to? They give it to people that ask them for money.

Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished.

Much of the terror of death is terror of dying without having given. Without even finding what one has to give.

11. How generous was this person? Generosity

There is no such thing as a selfless act, Alicia," he said all-knowingly as he moved his pen down to the last signature box. "Everyone has an ulterior motive when they give something, and I respect you enough to tell you mine.

I am going to give from every corner of my soul.

Giving tells the Universe that you believe you are provided for. For even as you empty your purse, you fear not. The act alone is a demonstration of faith that you will remain whole, that your coffers will be replenished, and that love is what matters most. And for whomsoever believes these things to be true, it shall become their reality, and abundance shall be showered upon them unceasingly, as if the heavens had opened up.

I really ought to send him some money, but, honestly, he doesn't need it. He has that sweet Despicable Me money.

I don't actually understand the meaning of generosity. It means giving to people and expecting nothing in return. It doesn't mean giving to someone with the expectation, or even hope, that they will regale you with praise for being such a generous person. I realized that I'm fine with giving, but I'm bad at generosity.

Generosity, citrine said. Prosperity. Those were its ancient properties, its traditional symbolism.