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Quotes About Giving

Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
~ Ajahn Brahm
Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.
~ Cary Grant
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
~ Dale Carnegie
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
~ Arthur Ashe
Amar a alguien no te convierte en una persona menos fuerte, significa que confías y que confían en ti, que puedes dar y recibir. Nadie lleva la cuenta -dijo con suavidad-. Cuando amas a alguien, quieres entregarle el mundo.
~ Jen Calonita
giving is one of our greatest joys. It's also one of the most fearless and powerful gestures there is.
~ Jen Sincero
The more you give, the more you receive. There ain't no frequency quite like the frequency of a giver.
~ Jen Sincero
giving is one of our greatest joys.
~ Jen Sincero
Give comes from abundance, get comes from lack. Place your focus on abundance and strengthen your faith by giving away money every day for twenty-nine days. Give as little as a nickel or as much as you can in whatever way you can. Do it secretly whenever possible.
~ Jen Sincero
Gaben sind dazu da, gegeben zu werden.
~ Jen Sincero
Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.
~ Jennifer Beals
Giving feels good. It's a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.
~ Jennifer Beals
Generosity of the heart is the most valuable asset you can have.
~ Jennifer Freed
It might feel better to give to someone you know than a stranger, or to donate to an organization whose story brings a tear to your eye, but that's your brain playing tricks on you. The morality of an action depends, ultimately and only, on its outcomes.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Do you know what philanthropist means?" Libby asked me seriously. "It means rich.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
~ Epictetus
At feasts, remember that you are entertaining two guests, body and soul. What you give to the body, you presently lose; what you give to the soul, you keep for ever.
~ Epictetus
The value of one's life is determined by how much love one gives, not by how much love one has received.
~ Epictetus
Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort. Love is not a spontaneous feeling, a thing that you fall into, but is something that requires thought, knowledge, care, giving, and respect. And it is something that is rare and difficult to find in capitalism, which commodifies human activity.
~ Eric Fromm
As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.
~ Eric Sevareid
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.
~ Eric Severeid
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
~ Erich Fromm
Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for." In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving.
~ Erich Fromm