Giving Quotes - Page 8

Give with a free hand, but give only of your own.

Unto whomsoever much is given of him shall much be required.

What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask?  Let me give you the answer in a true story...On a cold day in December, feeling especially warm in my heart for no other reason than it was the holiday season, I walked through the store sporting a big grin on my face.  Though most people were far too busy going about their business to notice me, one elderly gentleman in a wheelchair brought his eyes up to meet mine as we neared each other traveling opposite directions.  He slowed in passing just long enough to speak to me."Now that's a Christmas smile if I ever saw one," he said.My lips stretched to their limit in response, and I thanked him for the compliment.  Then we went our separate ways. But, as I thought about the man and how sweetly he'd touched me, I realized something simply wonderful!  In that brief, passing interaction we'd exchanged heartfelt gifts!And that, my friend, is the spirit of Christ~mas. 

...as the old saying goes: if you teach a man to fish, he will feed himself for a lifetime. But if you just give him a fishing pole, he’ll have to teach himself.

Never expect anything without being prepared to give.

If your portfolio is made up of the investments that you have made in the lives of people, you will have amassed a wealth so vast that all the portfolios that will ever float the trading floor on Wall Street would, by comparison, be reckoned as nothing. And if by chance we dared to live by this truth, we would in fact love like none other.

Oh God, please find it within your heart to grant me a heart that looks after itself only because it has first looked after others. And help me to realize that anything less is not a heart.

Giving without expectation is the beauty of humanity and its foundation.

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

When you cease to make a contribution you begin to die.

You don't do kind deeds expecting kindness in return. You don't do kind deeds because you deem the recipient worthy. You do kind deeds because it's who you are, and because you understand the powerful difference your gentle hand makes in this dreary world.

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.

Leadership is service, not position.

If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?

You can NEVER be poor by giving and showing love to others.

Give! If you have nothing to give, don't forget to give your love.

God is not glorified when we keep for ourselves (no matter how thankfully) what we ought to be using to alleviate the misery of unevangelized, uneducated, unmedicated, and unfed millions. The evidence that many professing Christians have been deceived by this doctrine is how little they give and how much they own. God has prospered them. And by an almost irresistible law of consumer culture (baptized by a doctrine of health, wealth, and prosperity) they have bought bigger (and more) houses, newer (and more) cars, fancier (and more) clothes, better (and more) meat, and all manner of trinkets and gadgets and containers and devices and equipment to make life more fun. They will object: Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper his people? Indeed! God increases our yield, so that by giving we can prove our yield is not our god. God does not prosper a man's business so that he can move from a Ford to a Cadillac. God prospers a business so that 17,000 unreached people can be reached with the gospel. He prospers the business so that 12 percent of the world's population can move a step back from the precipice of starvation.

Good things are not done in a hurry.

To calculate sacrifice is to attempt to sacrifice safely, and safe sacrifice is one of the most outrageous oxymoron’s I can think of.

Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.

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.

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

People of God are always people who care about other people and it always comes at some cost.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.

As we receive, we give.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.

Generosity is not always tax deductible.

Greatness is not a gift that one can give to another, but rather is a thief's relic that we must take for ourselves.

Do not make people feel overly indebted to you. In their quest to restore the illusive balance and wipe out the debt, they will demonize and attribute wrongdoings to you. Instead, give with love and receive with gratitude.

Legacy accounting: Will you have been an asset or a liability on the world's balance sheet?

Everything he was, he gave to her.

Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.

Live, not just for livingLive, not just for gettingLive for the beauty of lovingLive for the joy of giving.

Joy and happiness derives not from receiving but from giving.

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.

A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.

The Dark Powers have to give before they can take.

Kindness is a magical spell—performed by enlightened beings—meant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

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

Sow good seeds for a bountiful harvest of good fruits.

The number one skill in life is not giving up.

Give, but give until it hurts.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

Good things when short are twice as good.

i'm out to make difference in the world, to lead the way by giving much and giving often.

If I burn the candles, it means not only giving you light. It means to show you the fire which I have inside.

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

Happiness gives you the freedom to enhance your ability to achieve success. Your choices in life are a direct reflection of your level of happiness. It's the sunshine for your soul that you need in order to grow

We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days.

If I’m asking what kind of ‘return’ I should be expecting on the sacrifices I’m making, I have in that question revealed the need to ‘return’ that question to wherever I found it and have the word ‘return’ edited out of it.

I thought of you when I read this quote from "Come Rain or Come Shine (A Mitford Novel)" by Jan Karon -"Listening is among the most generous ways to give. When a loved one talks to us— whether their words appear to be deep or shallow— listen. For in some way, they are baring their souls.

If after giving it all that you possibly can, you do lose to the competition, then they really deserve the win.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.

...the true value of an offering isn't measured by how much we give. It's measured by how much we keep...By definition, a sacrifice must involve sacrifice...

On Saturday mornings Mr Ewing would make his rounds, giving each tradesman £1 and the apprentices, ten shillings. Needless to say, we were all peeping around corners awaiting his arrival!