Giving Quotes, Quotations & Sayings



We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
Albert Einstein

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
Barbara Bush

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Mother Teresa

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya Angelou

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
Henry Drummond

If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart.
Arab Proverb

They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.
Hindu Proverb

Charity begins at home and justice begins next door.
Charles Dickens

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.
Jim Rohn

It is better to give than receive- especially advice.
Mark Twain

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Kahlil Gibran

You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.
Harvey S. Firestone

Give advice; if people don’t listen, let adversity teach them.
Ethiopian Proverb

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.
Peyton Conway March

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard

It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother Teresa

One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.
Amy Carmichael

You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.
P. J. O’Rourke

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

No person was ever honored for what he received. He was honored for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge

The mark of a true professional is giving more than you get.
Anonymous

For it is in giving that we receive.
St. Francis of Assisi

Giving opens the way for receiving.
Anonymous

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu

Don’t say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You’ll never catch up with a mere hope.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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