Giving QuotesGiving quotes call to our higher nature to share who we are and what we have with the world. When we give, we bless ourselves and others. The givers’ heart is most glad. Sayings about sharing in this category are filled with wisdom about the inspiring ways your gifts of time and treasure make a positive difference in your life and the lives of others. Your generosity of spirit has the power to bless the world, and those blessings will come back to you pressed down and multiplied. For self-help coaching about generosity of spirit examine the quotes on our Helping and Kindness subject categories. Then consider Mentoring as ways of using your talents to make a positive difference. Bless you for sharing and caring! I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. Maya Angelou From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Arthur Ashe Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. Richard Bach Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. Leo Buscaglia We believe we are hurt when we don’t receive love. But that is not what hurts us. Our pain comes when we do not give love. We were born to love. You might say that we are divinely created love machines. We function most powerfully when we are giving love. The world has led us to believe that our wellbeing is dependent on other people loving us. But this is kind of upside down thinking that has caused so many of our problems. The truth is our well being is dependent on our giving love. It is not about what comes back; it is about what goes out! Alan Cohen No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. Wayne Dyer It is ever man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. Albert Einstein Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other. George Eliot The only gift is a portion of thyself. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that you cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. Frederick W. Faber No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor Frankl Love never claims, it ever gives. Mahatma Gandhi You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran The mind takes delight in offering the best, giving what we value most. Joseph Goldstein Giving is the highest expression of power. Vivian Greene The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world. Thich Nhat Hanh There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Andrew Holmes, Jr. The love we give away is the only love we keep. Elbert Hubbard What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. P.D. James To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate. Michael Jordan Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. Lao Tzu Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Og Mandino If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. George MacDonald Give back what you have learned. Share your experience. Deng Ming-Dao The heart that gives, gathers. Marianne Moor He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. Friedrich Nietzsche The miracle is this – the more we share, the more we have. Leonard Nimoy I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by loving. Anaïs Nin The secret of life is that all we have and are is a gift of grace to be shared. Lloyd John Ogilvie Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. Anthony Robbins Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment. Anthony Robbins Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. Dale Evans Rogers Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die. Eleanor Roosevelt The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little. Franklin D. Roosevelt Giving opens the way for receiving. Florence Scovel Shinn You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. Ruth Smeltzer Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. W. Clement Stone If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. John Templeton Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Mother Teresa If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away. Mark Twain The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is giving your gift away. David Viscott Give yourself abundant pleasure, and you will have abundant pleasure to give to others. Neale Donald Walsch Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. William Arthur Ward Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward When I give I give myself. Walt Whitman We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present. Marianne Williamson You are not here merely to make a living, you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself when you forget that errand. Woodrow Wilson I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life. Oprah Winfrey Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death…Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph. Oprah Winfrey The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give. Oprah Winfrey When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world? Oprah Winfrey Love the giver more than the gift. Brigham Young Return from Giving Quotes and Sayings about Sharing to Quotes Listed by Subject
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