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It is
well to give when asked, but it is better
to give unasked,
through understanding.
Khalil
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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,
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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
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You give but little when you give
of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that
you truly give.
Khalil Gibran
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We must realize
that we cannot give love unless we can receive love. . .
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In order to give of ourselves, we must nurture
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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.
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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 |
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There is no happiness in
having
or in getting, but only in giving.
Henry Drummond |
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True
religion. . . is giving and finding one's happiness
by
bringing happiness into the lives of others.
William J.H. Boetcker |
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Those
that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others.
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cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and
the highest happiness later.
Charles Caleb Colton
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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.
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It
is not fair to ask of others what
you are not willing to do
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No people were ever honored
for what they received.
Honor has been the reward for what they
gave.
Calvin Coolidge
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Most people
think of success in terms of getting;
success, however, begins in
terms of giving.
Henry Ford
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Kindness
in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao-Tzu
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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 |
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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 |
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God
has given us two hands,
one to receive with and the other to give with.
Billy
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Giving
is the highest
expression of power.
Vivian
Greene |
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what
we give up, that makes us rich.
Henry Ward Beecher |
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A
generous action is its own reward.
William Walsh |
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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 |
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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 |
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Give
light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Desiderius Erasmus |
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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
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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
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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.
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Blessed is the influence of one true,
loving human soul on another.
George Eliot |
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Others are my
main concern. When I notice something of mine,
I steal it and give it to others.
Shantideva |
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How
wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world.
Anne
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