Giving Quotes - Page 10

To fill the fathomless caverns of my thirsty soul I must work entirely contrary to impulses of my own humanity, for it is in emptying myself at the very point where I am most empty that I fill myself.

There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

We have to begin giving them the whole truth about premarital sex and the difficulties it can cause.

Nothing shows our hearts like sacrifice. When we are willing not only to give from our excess, but to embrace some personal loss or disadvantage for the sake of showing generosity toward others, we say loudly and clearly…that we have a greater love than ourselves and our comforts.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

If I can in any way contribute to the Diversion or Improvement of the Country in which I live I shall leave it when I am summoned out of it with the secret Satisfaction of thinking that I have not lived in vain.

When you see and know that your wellspring is an Eternal Source, and not other people around you, or your past experiences, not even your life story, that is when you are able to truly give to others, without running out and without feeling empty. Because I see God in everything that I touch and feel and think and because I believe that He sees me in everything, too, hence I am able to give to others without thinking of myself as limited source. What I have doesn't come from others, it doesn’t come from my life story and it doesn’t come from a box. What I have comes from a wellspring, an Eternal Source. The good news is that it never runs out, there is plenty for all and for everyone.

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Kindness is love in action, not feeling emotions or thoughts of empathy only. Kindness is doing!

Peace starts within. We are what we give.

You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.”The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

When you give to others, you give to yourself.

Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts.

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

something must go within to bring what is within out. Oh yes! You need something within to bring what is within out!

Giving is normal and anybody can give but to sacrifice during giving is the matter!

Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?

Christians are God's delivery people, through whom he does his giving to a needy world. We are conduits of God's grace to others. Our eternal investment portfolio should be full of the most strategic kingdom-building projects to which we can disburse God's funds.

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.

The fertile land yields its fruits in the sacred time.

I realized during some of the darkest moments of my life, that the most beautiful and precious happiness in the world is the Joy of Giving.

Giving has no relation or companionship

What do we live for? If not to give what you have and share life with other souls.

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creatures let him begin the long solitary task of perfecting himself.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Contrary to popular opinion, we are all a vast brotherhood of human beings whose very survival hinges not on what we keep, but on what we give. And it is in the giving that we not only survive to live another day, but we thrive to celebrate another day.

The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards I should call him a good shot but not necessarily a good man.

Those who think life is money, chase it. But those who think life is sharing live to give.

There is no need returning anger to those who made your past horrible, do not think of making them feel bitter, maybe a help from you can just make them ashame and miserable, and can probably change their attitude.

You shouldn't just give during Christmas and Thanksgiving you should be giving all the time.

The more you do for people, the less grateful they become, but don’t let that deter your sincere spirit of giving.

It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off the cups of others, my own spills over. This is the crazy magic of charity.

More for others then yourself.

Give until it hurts.

Charity you can give even when you haven't got.

We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

Giving is stream of abundance.

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.

You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him as if he'd gone insane. "How, though?" Lightly, he tapped her skull with his knuckles. "Memorize it. Then write it down for him.

Writing a check was easily done, and easily done with. It allows us to do "charity" while keeping at bay the inner tug that urges us to give more of ourselves and our time, rather than our possessions.

Giving develops discipline and an awareness of others' misfortune, which helps you to focus on what is truly important.

May we find more grace to do good deeds.

Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery and Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were old beat-up things but they had the charm of usefulness and sadness of his giving.

The more you love, the more love you are given to love with.

Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoever gives with joy gives more. The best way to show our gratitude to God and to people is to accept with joy.

Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

God’s timing determines the fruit of the harvest.

A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need.

Just like downing a powerful caffeine drink, “reaching out to others” pays that big “life energizer dividend!

It's not enough, and so limiting, to teach the simplistic value of a designer's material wear. Give children the gift of values that will last far beyond [a] fad's temporal popularity.

You only get one shot in this life. So let me do all the good I can for my fellow man. For I will not pass this way again.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus and a gift though small is precious.

You can give without loving ,but you can't love without giving.