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Quotes About Giving

Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get. Even
~ Seth Godin
Power used to be about giving, not getting.
~ Seth Godin
If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn't deplete us to give.
~ Sharon Salzberg
Generosity has such power because it is characterized by the inner quality of letting go or relinquishing.
~ Sharon Salzberg
Sharing food is a metaphor for all giving. When we offer someone food, we are not just giving that person something to eat; we are giving far more. We give strength, health, beauty, clarity of mind, and even life, because none of those things would be possible without food. So when we feed another, this is what we are offering: the substance of life itself.
~ Sharon Salzberg
It is a great happiness to be able to give.
~ Sharon Salzberg
But one thing I realized with my brother is that you can't toss your pearls before the swine. I think that's why my mother insisted you give anonymously. The instant anyone sees that you're kind and giving, they immediately take advantage of it. They seem to mistake kindness for weakness and giving for stupidity. (Aiden)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!'
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
The main thing is to be philanthropic in your everyday life. You don't have to have money to do that. You can do it with your time and your energy.
~ Eva Longoria
When you birth a child, it's like a bloody giving of self to the creation of a life.
~ Ezra Miller
No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.
~ Nick Offerman
He gives before he is asked.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Forget about getting, simply give; and I guarantee you, you will get much.
~ Rajneesh
The sannyasin knows what it means to be an emperor, because he simply gives; he enjoys giving, he loves sharing. And the miracle of life is: the more you give the more you have.
~ Rajneesh
The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded.
~ Sri Chinmoy
My life is only half full When I receive. My heart is completely full Only when I give.
~ Sri Chinmoy
In gratitude for God's gift of life to us we should share that gift with others. The art of giving encompasses many areas. It is an outgoing, overflowing way of life.
~ Wilferd Peterson
The most important thing to me is to give something back to my parents, because they've done so much for me throughout my life.
~ Leona Lewis
Hand fits giving, so do it, that's what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.
~ Madonna Ciccone
Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving
~ Marc Benioff
the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving.
~ John J. Gobbell
The motive for giving, whether in time, money, or objects, is one of the most frequent internal spiritual struggles that a Christian goes through. Actions will reveal the motives of our heart.
~ John Mathews