giving

It is well to give when asked, but it is better
to give unasked, through understanding.

Khalil Gibran

  

Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money,
but whatever a person has of encouragement and sympathy and understanding.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

   

Give strength, give thought,
give deeds, give wealth;
Give love, give tears,
and give thyself.
Give, give, be always living.
Who gives not is not living;
The more you give,
the more you live.

Anon

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

Khalil Gibran

     

  
John Gray

We must realize that we cannot give love unless we can receive love. . . .
In order to give of ourselves, we must nurture ourselves.

  

We are possessed by the things we possess.
When I like an object, I always give it to someone.
It isn't generosity--it's only because
I want others to be enslaved by objects, not me.

Jean Paul Sartre

  

Sharing what you have is more important
than what you have.

Albert M. Wells, Jr.

You can never expect too much of yourself
in the matter of giving yourself to others.

Theodore C. Speers

  

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

Henry Drummond

  

True religion. . . is giving and finding one's happiness
by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

William J.H. Boetcker

  
  

Those that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others. . .
cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later.

Charles Caleb Colton

  

I as little fear that God will damn a person who has charity
as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

Alexander Pope

  

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The more we have given to ourselves, the more we have to give to others.
When we find that place within ourselves that is giving,
we begin to create an outward flow. Giving to others
comes not from a sense of sacrifice, self-righteousness, or spirituality,
but for the pure pleasure of it, because it's fun.
Giving can only come from a full, loving space.

Shakti Gawain

  

When you cease to make a contribution
you begin to die.

It is not fair to ask of others what
you are not willing to do yourself.

Eleanor Roosevelt

  

No people were ever honored for what they received.
Honor has been the reward for what they gave.

Calvin Coolidge

  

Most people think of success in terms of getting;
success, however, begins in terms of giving.

Henry Ford

  
  

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

Lao-Tzu

  

It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.
Its appeal is to the material part, and if allowed its way, it will in time
disturb one's spiritual balance.  Therefore, children must early learn
the beauty of generosity.  They are taught to give what they prize most,
that they may taste the happiness of giving.

Ohiyesa, Santee Sioux

  
  

To receive a present handsomely and in a right spirit,
even when you have none to give in return,
is to give one in return.

Leigh Hunt

  

God has given us two hands,
one to receive with and the other to give with.

Billy Graham

Giving is the highest
expression of power.

Vivian Greene

  

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Henry Ward Beecher

  

A generous action is its own reward.

William Walsh

    

  
Giving and receiving are opposite sides of the same coin.
Receiving entails trust in our own value and our having respect
for the giver.  By receiving we reinforce the giver and are ourselves
supported and affirmed by the gift.  In this way we participate in
life’s goodness and assist in its flourishing.  There are times in
our lives when the only way we can give back is to receive.

Sallirae Henderson
  
  

May every soul that touches mine—
Be it the slightest contact—
Get from there some good;
Some little grace; one kindly thought;
One aspiration yet unfelt;
One bit of courage
For the darkening sky;
One gleam of faith
To brave the thickening ills of life;
One glimpse of brighter skies
Beyond the gathering mists—
To make this life worthwhile,
And heaven a surer heritage.

George Eliot

  
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Desiderius Erasmus
  

The hoarders, who are anxiously worried about losing something,
are, psychologically speaking, the poor impoverished people,
regardless of how much they have.  Whoever is capable
of giving of themselves is rich.

Erich Fromm

   

To receive more, we must give out
what we receive. . . . For it is by
giving that we set in operation the
unfailing law of measure for
measure.  With no thought of
receiving, it is impossible to avoid
receiving, for the abundance
you have given is returned
to you in fulfillment of the law.

Baird Spalding

  
If you would take, you must first give.

Lao Tzu

  

Each of us, as we journey through life, has the opportunity to find
and to give his or her unique gift.  Whether this gift is quiet or small
in the eyes of the world does not matter at all--not at all; it is through
the finding and the giving that we may come to know the joy
that lies at the center of both the dark times and the light.

Helen M. Luke

   
Blessed is the influence of one true,
loving human soul on another.

George Eliot

   

Others are my main concern.  When I notice something of mine,
I steal it and give it to others.

Shantideva

  

   

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world.

Anne Frank

   

  

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