Giving And Receiving Quotes

• Giving and receiving are different expressions of the same flow of energy in the universe.

  Deepak Chopra

  Expression, Giving, Flow

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• No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Life, Men, Giving

  Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (2010). “The Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.30, Cambridge University Press

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• I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2017

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

  Jim Rohn

  Greatness, Giving, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 04, 2016

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• The value of a man resides in what he gives

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Giving Not Receiving, Generosity

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• Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

  Paul the Apostle

  Sowing, Remember, Tithing

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• No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports

  Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

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• Giving opens the way for receiving.

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Receiving Love, Fundraising, Giving

  Florence Scovel Shinn (2016). “The Game of Life and How to Play It”, p.116, Hay House, Inc

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• Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Happiness, Freedom

  H. Jackson Brown Jr., Rochelle Pennington (2001). “Highlighted in Yellow: A Short Course In Living Wisely And Choosing Well”, p.60, Harper Collins

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• Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

  George MacDonald

  Forgiveness, Receiving Love, Giving

  George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.1838, Delphi Classics

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

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Quoted in Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972)

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Funny, Women

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• It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

  Bill Cosby

  Bible, Jesus, Blessed

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• Give and Take...
  For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life
  And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love
  And to both, bee and flower,
  the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Life, Nature

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• The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

  Khalil Gibran

  Giving, Receiving, Needs

  Khalil Gibran, “Pleasure XXIV”

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• Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Love, Real, Giving

  Henri Nouwen (2010). “The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom”, p.81, Image

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• 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 the Younger

  Motivational, Caring, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.

  Antonio Porchia

  Giving Not Receiving, Given, Gift Giving

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Giving Not Receiving, Merit, Giving Back

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.80, Penguin

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• Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

  Luke the Evangelist

  Running, Men, Giving

  The Bible (King James Version), Gospel of Luke, 6:38, quod.lib.umich.edu.

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• And now you ask in your heart, ‘How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?’ Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee. For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life, And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy. * People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees.

  Khalil Gibran

  Flower, Heart, Garden

  Khalil Gibran, “Pleasure XXIV”

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• Although some people think that life is a battle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving.

  Florence Scovel Shinn

  Thinking, Games, Giving

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• One glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, unites all creatures.

  Samson Raphael Hirsch

  Giving, Receiving, Chains

  Samson Raphael Hirsch (1942). “The nineteen letters of Ben Uziel: being a spiritual presentation of the principles of Judaism”

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• I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger . . . it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Love You, Receiving Love, Skills

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.11, St. Martin's Press

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