Giving - Quotes

All that is given cheerfully and generously to another comes back to you and enriches your life in unexpected ways. - Unknown

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles. - Haney Ward Beecher

Give alms, if thou can; if not, a sweet and gentle word. - Unknown

Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. - Nigerian Proverb

Give to those in need. One day you may benefit from the kindness of someone who does likewise. - Unknown

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

It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live. - Ethel Percy Andrus

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

No one has ever become poor by giving. - Anne Frank

The deep rewards of giving go to those who give out of a concern for others, and take pains to see that their giving is wisely done, to meet real needs or seize promising opportunities. - F. Emerson Andrews

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated. - Baltasar Gracian

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. - Max Beerbohm

When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more – and so love is planted and grows. - David J. Lieberman

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. - Robert Louis Stevenson

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