Giving Quotes - Page 2

I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.

You will know it is love not when you think about them all the time or want to be with them, but when you worry about them and you want their approval and happiness.

The good should be grateful to the bad - for providing the world with a basis for comparison.

Love worth giving is love perfected on ourselves.

Extravagant love, as in every generation before us, has been ridiculed and scorned. it is seen as wasteful and reckless overspending. But extravagant love, the offering of everything, the emptying of the pockets of our life, is the essence of true Christianity.

Giving is sharing.

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

Sit with me, and I'll not be alone.Hold my hand, and I'll not feel alone.Cry with me, and I'll no longer suffer alone.

Time is valuable in life. You can show someone how much you appreciate them by giving your time. A good amount of time goes by each day. Spending time with the ones you love shows them how much you care.

For every good deed done, a blessing is waiting to be born!

Generosity is an act of love.

Giving is the key to all success in all applications of human life.

In one equation you can solve all the puzzles of life. It is the equation of giving.

Don't do something for recognition. Do it out of kindness. Do it because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete

The Bible's "it's better to give than receive" was not the raving of a lunatic. It goes back to a recurring theme that I've found in almost all my experiments: behaviour shapes your thoughts. My brain sees me giving a gift to Julie. My brain concludes I must really love her. I love her all the more. Which means I'm happier in my relationship, if a bit poorer.

Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, "I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours". To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, "My life is about you".

In nature nothing can be given all things are sold.

We are filled vessels that gets to choose what we pour back into the world, and what we choose to share defines who we are.

When you are giving give with love and kindness.

The breath of being is been able to share your bread.

The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving.

The only way to survive after death is by breathing life into the universe before death.

The meaning of life is simply the meaning we give to it.

Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.

The greatest life is to share, to sacrifice and to serve.

THE NAKED HEARTFrom womb to tomb,There came and went -Only you.Poor or rich,You will die withOnly you.All the wealth you harvestIn the living,Will go to others when you are dead.But the true test of a lion of God -Is to keep giving with your own hands,Before you rest in your final bed.

Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.

Any self-realized being has access to the dynamic genius which nature gives all beings.

Generosity is opens the windows of heavenly blessings.

The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Taking the Right Decision in any situation only requires TWO major ingredients:Critical Thinking and Grace.Critical Thinking is like 'Works' and Grace is like 'Faith'. So if "Faith without Works is dead," then same, I believe, goes for Works without Faith.Like the two sides of a coin, one without the other just won't make any sense. And if the coin ever has a third side, it will never be 'Emotions' or 'Sentiments' because they both have zero IQ.

Chilled ice tea that tempered tepid summer days lathered thick with humidity. Frothy hot chocolate that cut winter’s chill. Bedtime prayers that sent our fears scrambling in panicked flight. Golden bouquets of dandelions aromatically rich with the gift of summers scent. Family meals that wove yet another binding thread in and through the tapestry of those seated around the table. These are but the slightest sampling of the innumerable gifts my mother handed to this child of hers. And without them, my life would be impoverished beyond words to describe.

Giving is the only gift we should all endeavour to give the world each day.

The grace of existence is the power of giving.

To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give.

It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise ultimately defiant act of loving one thing and then another, loving our way back to life... Maybe being perfectly happy is not really the point. Maybe that is only some modern American dream of the point, while the truer measure of humanity is the distance we must travel in our lives, time and again, "twixt two extremes of passion--joy and grief," as Shakespeare put it. However much I've lost, what remains to me is that I can still speak to name the things I love. And I can look for safety in giving myself away to the world's least losable things.

Heaven is eternal. The earth endures.The reason for heaven's eternity and earth's enduranceis that they do not live for themselves only, and thereby live forever.The sage steps back but remains in front,the outside always within.Self is realized through selflessness.

Rules are made to be broken, but hearts are broken to be made.It is a big miracle to be loved "because" of your inadequacies, not "despite" them. And nothing can be as fascinating as walking tall on the same road that once witnessed your fall.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving mercy?

Whatever you sow, you will reap.

Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.

Some say that "there is no such thing as free lunch". And, I ask, why not? The joy of giving without expecting anything in return from a particular source is simply magic.

If I give with the motive to get, regardless of the degree to which that motive besets me, I will walk away impoverished and I will leave those to whom I have given just as impoverished as I have now found myself.

I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending of this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend life.

Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.

Whoever blessings, shall be abundantly blessed.

I think I possess because I do not try to give,Trying to give, I see that I have nothing.

Quiet moments bring you closer to God. It's your silent time within your own private sanctuary. People have so many things to talk about, worry about, think about, without giving themselves peace within. Quiet moments give you access to areas of your brain which allows you to function proficiently.

makes it look easy when its not,I can say it all that I want,but do I mean it?.

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

You don't need fear to make a decision for you. Let your heart make the decision. It's because you have love in your heart, that you act on it. Don't do things so you can avoid something that you fear. Do things because you have love to give. Where is your focus? Are you heart-centered in your intentions? Focus on love and love is what you shall receive in return. Whenever you give something, always give it from your heart. If there's no heart behind the intention, don't give it at all. No one wants to receive a gift that comes with a bitter taste.

You will know who truly loves you when you ask them to do an uncoventional favor.

Good deeds are seeds of generosity.

Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.

If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice.

If I say I'll help you I'll help you. If I say I'll kill you I'll kill you. Everything else is ripples of maybe.

Live like a tree, giving, forgiving and free.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.