Quotes About Giving

Emily thought maybe it was simpler than that: Some people gave money instead of love because it was all they had to give. A full bank account and a life of good deeds achieved with money didn't mean a full heart or a giving soul—often just the opposite.

We give because we love, not because we fear. When we give with love, we can disconnect from how things are received. Only the act of pure giving is important.

You must learn to give, from sufficiency, not only take, from neediness.

Tease? he groaned. Ah, baby, I'm not teasing you. I'm giving to you. Giving you every ounce of pleasure I know how to give you. -Jordan(Live Wire) to Tehya (Enigma)

But in fact every act of power involves a kind of negotiation. By giving a little, you are inviting more trespasses, putting yourself in more danger.

I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands. They're not empty now.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan't be suspecting folks and worrying about my old cash.

There can't be too much charity!

Il migliore e il più caro tra gli angeli di Natale si chiama carità. [...]. Va in giro il giorno di Natale compiendo buone azioni come questa e non rimane mai per ricevere ringraziamenti.

I think there were not in all the city, four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their bread and milk on Christmas morning.

What excessive promises, giving yourself away to get the other. What a thing, what a gift, always given before it is known the cost or the reward.

Rockefeller was fantastically charitable from boyhood.

During his first year on the job, the young clerk donated about 6 percent of his wages to charity, some weeks much more.

By 1859, when he was twenty, his charitable giving surpassed the 10 percent mark.

I made up my mind that, if I could manage it, some day I would give away crisp bills, too.

For such a perfectionist, giving money away was fraught with far more nervous tension than making it.

he was frustrated that he couldn't give money away quickly enough to keep pace with his mounting income.

He preferred to give to religious, cultural, and educational causes, not to social welfare agencies.

If we're free to dare – and we are – if we're free to give – and we are – then we're free to shape the future and have within our grasp all that we dream the future will be.

But instead, I decided to give a speech about the pride of giving and the importance of doing things without waiting for the government to do it for you. I pointed out that when individuals or private groups were involved in helping the needy, none of the contributions were spent on overhead or administrative costs, unlike government relief programs where $2 was often spent on overhead for every $1 that went to needy people.

The money you give away while you're alive is worth twice what you leave when you die.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength - each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving.