Quotes About Reciprocity

All things whatsoever ye wou'd that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others, rather than on what he ought to expect from them.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

If you tweet for me, I'll tweet for you.

Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.

What you deny to others will be denied to you, for the plain reason that you are always legislating for yourself; all your words and actions define the world you want to live in.

I believe in treating others as I want to be treated--but I certainly don't believe in turning the other cheek and the truth is that I never knew any Christians who did either.

That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.

I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.

The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

But I wasn't gonna be too scared to love the folks that took the time to love me back, and I sure wasn't gonna chase them that don't.

your needs mean nothing to me. Just as history has proven that my needs mean nothing to you.

If you are open, vulnerable, disclosing, more likely than not it will be reciprocated and walls will come down.

Besides, it's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back. I wouldn't even have been here to do it if you hadn't helped me then.

If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.

He didn't bother to thank Ares. Somehow they were past thanking each other. Somehow it would almost be like thanking himself.

I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people.

Él siempre estaría en deuda con Lucy Gray. Ella tenía derecho a exigirle lo que quisiera.