Inspirations

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

- Henri Frederic Amiel

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

- Sparky Anderson

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

- Ethel Percy Andrus

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

- Barbara De Angelis

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

- Arthur Ashe

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

- R J Baughan

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

- Henry Ward Beecher

Getters don't get, givers get.

- Eugene Benge

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

- Proverbs 11.25, Bible

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

- Proverbs 11-24, Bible

Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

- 2 Corinthians 9:7, Bible

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

- Acts 20:35, Bible

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over...

- Luke 6:38, Bible

Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.

- Bible

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

- Richard Braunstein

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

- John Bunyan

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

- Albert Camus

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

- Jack Canfield

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving, and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it, and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

- Robert Collier

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

- Robert Collier

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

- Henry Van Dyke

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

- Flora Edwards

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

- James Van Fleet

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

- Malcolm S Forbes

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

- Henry Ford

For it is in giving that we receive.

- St. Francis of Assisi

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

- Thomas Fuller

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

- Kahlil Gibran

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

- Billy Graham

You give before you get.

- Napoleon Hill

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

- Napoleon Hill

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

- Elbert Hubbard

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

- Jesse Jackson

To give is to receive...

- Gerald G Jampolsky

While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

- James Joyce

For of those to whom much is given, much is required.

- John F Kennedy

You only get to keep what you give away.

- Sheldon Kopp

In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

- Sheldon Kopp

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

- Lao-Tzu

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

- C S Lewis

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

- C S Lewis

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

- Vince Lombardi

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

- Norman Macewan

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

- Alexander Maclaren

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

- Fiona Macleod

It is like the seed put in the soil, the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

- Orison Swett Marden

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

- Orison Swett Marden

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

- George Mcdonald

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

- Rod Mckeun

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

- Bernard Meltzer

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

- Bernard Meltzer

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

- Mother Teresa

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

- Hector Hugh Munro

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

- Axel Munthe

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

- Earl Nightingale

Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.

- Anthony Norvell

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

- Proverb

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

- Chinese Proverb

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives.

- Anthony Robbins

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

- Jim Rohn

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

- Franklin D Roosevelt

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

- Percy Ross

To get, give.

- Bob Roth

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

- John Ruskin

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

- Seneca

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

- Seneca

Giving opens the way for receiving.

- Florence Scovel Shinn

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

- Grace Speare

Giving is true having.

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep.

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

- Brian Tracy

Give light and people will find their own way.

- Source Unknown

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

- Source Unknown

You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.

- Source Unknown

Go-Givers will become the best go-getters.

- Source Unknown

If you continually give, you will continually have.

- Source Unknown

Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

- Source Unknown

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

- Source Unknown

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

- Source Unknown

God has given to all men free agency and has granted us the privilege to serve Him or serve Him not, to do that which is right or that which is wrong, but he will hold us strictly to an account for the use that we make of this agency.

- Source Unknown

The real secret of happiness is not what you have or what you receive; it's what you share.

- Source Unknown

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

- Reverend John Wellesly

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton

When I give I give myself.

- Walt Whitman

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

- Marianne Williamson

Inspire-U-2-Give

Get Inspired for Happiness Strategy 4: Practicing Acts of Kindness

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Getters don't get, givers get.

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over...

Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving, and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it, and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

For it is in giving that we receive.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

You give before you get.

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

To give is to receive...

While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give.

For of those to whom much is given, much is required.

You only get to keep what you give away.

In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

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

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

It is like the seed put in the soil, the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute, that gives meaning to our lives.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

To get, give.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Giving is true having.

We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Give light and people will find their own way.

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.