Quotes About Giving

Oh! Your poverty, ye men, and your sordidness of soul! As much as ye give to your friend, will I give even to my foe, and will not have become poorer thereby. There is comradeship: may there be friendship!

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

Love begins when duty finishes. It is a giving of the cloak when the coat is taken. It is walking the extra mile.

The communion rail is a place of exchange. They give time and receive eternity, they give self-denial and receive love, they give nothingness, and receive all.

We give up our time, and get His eternity; we give up our sin, and receive His grace; we give up petty loves, and receive the Flame of Love.

Ce qu'il y a de plus heureux dans la richesse, c'est qu'elle permet de soulager la misère d'autrui.

I wish I could relive those days when I was 8 and my mother bought all the gifts I gave to people. I loved watching people open them. It was a surprise for me and then.

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.

I wish people would go and just read about this man's life - about David Koch's life... Of the literally hundreds of millions of dollars that he has given to a variety of different hospitals.

I generally buy things for people that I'd love to receive myself - so I have plenty of time to curate my own wish list while I shop.

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.

You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

God is so unique in giving His people ways to fellowship, witness, and remember what a mighty and merciful God He is.

There are very few who have the privileges I have, and, therefore, it is essential that we give back to society.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.

I pay about a third in taxes, I give away about a third, and I follow the law.

You hear about players like Jamal Crawford who's constantly giving back. Isaiah Thomas, even though he's from Tacoma, he went to U-Dub, and he's constantly giving back to the community.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.