Quotes About Reciprocity

Russell Markert, Lela Rogers, Ed Sedgwick- these were but a few of the experienced theater people who generously gave me a boost. I have a theory about the assists we get in life. Only rarely can we repay those people who helped us, but we can pass that help along to others. That's why, in 1958, I reactivated Lela's theater workshop with two dozen talented kids trying to get started in show business.

You roll my log, and I will roll yours.

Do you owe someone only the care they provided for you? Or does believing that make you as culpable as they were?

Lending books to other people is merely a shrewd form of housecleaning.

True friendship is not based on intentional reciprocity; but rather sharing from a cheerful heart.

Friendship precedes friends.

Friendship is not automatic.

A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;

THE QUESTION I MUST ASK MYSELF: DO I TREAT OTHERS BETTER THAN THEY TREAT ME?

If you will first help people get what they want, they will help you get what you want.

ASK NO MORE OF OTHERS THAN YOU ARE ASKING OF YOURSELF.

Edwin Markham wrote, There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own.17

if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you'll change them.

God always gives back to us when we give to Him. He does not promise to give back in kind... But God always gives back in some way. You cannot out-give God.

people are most likely to help us after we have helped them in some way.

produce second-mile followers. If you go out of your way to care about others and help them, then they will go out of their way to help you when you ask them to.

Anytime a relationship is unequal, it cannot last—whether you are giving more than you get or getting more than you deserve.

It's so funny how we risk our lives for love with no assurance of those that we risk for would do the same for us.

There's nothing wrong with showing you care for someone. What's wrong is expecting them to do the same.

The only people I need in my life are the ones that need me in there's.

If I can give up my life for you then I can take yours as well.

Sometimes we just get disappointed in our loved ones because we expect so much from them. Not because we're demanding, but because we know we would do those exact same things for them.

I hate how some people only pray when things start going wrong, how would you feel to be called upon only when someone needs something?

If you're giving your all and it's not enough, you're probably giving it to the wrong person.