Giving Quotes

“We get to make a living; we give to make a life.”

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

“You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.”

“As you awaken you go beyond the need to perform and achieve when you go beyond it, you begin to develop an increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it. Love becomes what you are.”

“It is impossible for me to waste my time in helping another person.”

“The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away.”

“Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.”

“Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”

“Happiness is like a kiss, in order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else.”

“If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.”

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”

“The only true gifts are a portion of yourself.”

“You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love, invite love to accompany you 24/7. Give away love, and it has to come streaming into your life.”

“It's probably more fulfilling for me to be offering what I offer than it is for the people who receive it.”

“When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.”

“There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.”

“We can only give away to others what we have inside ourselves.”

“I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it is his further duty to see it so applied and to do the most good for which it is capable.”

“I am so glad that I am young, so that I may give my youth to you.”

“The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.”

“You're able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.”

“By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away.”

“The secret to living is giving.”

“Things happen in my physical body, in my relationships. I've buried three fathers and a mother. I've had a doctor tell me I've got a tumor in my brain. And when you face those situations, they transform you, they change you, and when you're able to break through them to a new level, they allow you to have gifts to give other people.”

“My view is my entire life has been shaped by giving when I didn't have it. Some idiot who's wealthy and doesn't give, they'll rot in their own selfishness. I'm not worried about them. What I'm really interested in is the day-to-day person, human beings who want to go to another level of their life.”