Quotes About Giving

My mother was pulling my leg on that one. I have collected so much gift-wrapped trash over the years from people who copped out and hurriedly bought a little plastic cheapie to give under the protective flag of good thoughts. I tell you, it is the gift that counts. Or rather, people who think good thoughts give good gifts. It ought to be a rule—the Brass Rule of Gift Exchange.

So much easier to give. I detest asking.

The love was within her all the time, and its only renewal came from giving it away.

The love was within her all the time and its only renewal came from giving it away The Memory Keeper's Daughter

We think now that love is a kind of giving of attention.

You get what you give, and not only that, the giving is already the getting. So don't hold back. Don't look back or forward too much. Just be there where you are now. You're always only in the day you're in.

We think now that love is a kind of giving of attention. It is usually attention given to some other consciousness, but not always; the attention can be to something unconscious, even inanimate. But the attention seems often to be called out by a fellow consciousness. Something about it compels attention, and rewards attention. That attention is what we call love.

You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Time is the most valuable commodity we have to offer the world. Don't be afraid to share.

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

Saying of the ProphetDistributionGod it is who gives: I am only a distributor.

I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.

Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways or trade away our children's days.

If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.

Christmas is a time of year that's so romantic.

Love gives without taking

I cannot give without questioning my motives. Does giving have to do with generosity, or with the selfish comfort it brings? The self-deception it offers, when the truth is one has little, or nothing, to give? If one keeps giving, will one be good enough to be loved one day?

everyone has a story or two about that hard-earned lesson of giving more than is asked.

What you give you get, ten times over.

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

And we know that we really live only when we really give.

By giving away with kindness, you get it back with greatness.