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Quotes About Giving

Being in love is all about the ability to give rather than take. It is not easy, but if you can accept this, then you will experience love.
~ Sushmita Sen
Such is the power of mindful, selfless generosity. At the deepest level, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient…only the universe rearranging itself.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
TRY: Noticing the resistance to the impulse to give, the worries about the future, the feeling that you may be giving too much, or the thought that it won't be appreciated "enough," or that you will be exhausted from the effort, or that you won't get anything out of it, or that you don't have enough yourself.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Tú, que sentías que amabas demasiado y te creías tan generosa, date cuenta de que solamente le das lo que tú quieres darle, que no te ocupas de saber lo que él necesita, que sólo das por tu necesidad de dar y no por lo bien que le puede hacer a él lo que le estás dando.
~ Jorge Bucay
Giving birth is definitely a heroic deed, in that it is the giving over of oneself to the life of another.
~ Joseph Campbell
It is easier to give than to receive, is that it? Pride is a sin, Father
~ Ágota Kristóf
In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.
~ Aberjhani
The fear of being judged as weak or naïve prevents many people from operating like givers at work.
~ Adam Grant
Many people who hold giver values in life choose matching as their primary reciprocity style at work, seeking an even balance of give and take.
~ Adam Grant
Of all engineers, the most productive were those who gave often, and gave more than they received. These were the true Givers, and they had the highest productivity, and the highest status. They were revered by their peers. By giving often, engineers built up more trust, and attracted more valuable help across their work groups - Not just from the people they helped.
~ Adam Grant
Our mission at Christmas is not to get stuff for people to open on Christmas morning. It is to be people of hope who let Jesus' light shine through them.
~ Adam Hamilton
relationships, and reconcile people and even nations. Grace changes the one who receives it, and it also changes the one who gives it.
~ Adam Hamilton
Not only does the giving of coins to orphans rob them of their self-respect and Juche Spirit, it violates a central rule of good citizenship: Practice Self-Sufficiency.
~ Adam Johnson
It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.
~ Adrian Grenier
There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.
~ Herman Melville
It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.
~ apl.de.ap
Around 80 per cent of my money goes to charity.
~ Heather Mills
People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because they know they might face the same circumstances.
~ Kavita Ramdas
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
~ Pindar
"There is more joy in giving than in receiving." Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Aku tak jadi kaya karena pemberiannya. Mereka pun tak jadi kaya karena pemberianku. Itulah kebijaksanaan.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Just because rich people have pledged money, it does not mean that they have actually given it to charity.
~ Probarb