Giving Quotes - Page 2

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).

Randy Alcorn

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

Taisen Deshimaru

As we draw on the grace of God He increases voluntary poverty all along the line. Always give the best you have got every time; never think about who you are giving it to; let other people take it or leave it as they choose. Pour out the best you have, and always be poor. Never reserve anything; never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives.

Oswald Chambers

..tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do.

Randy Alcorn

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it

Katerina Stoykova-Klemer

Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery and Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were old beat-up things but they had the charm of usefulness and sadness of his giving.

Jack Kerouac

Was it possible to do both, to contribute to the world while merely observing it? To be content in the moment, but plan for the future? Could you follow your heart without losing all common sense?

Holly Robinson

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

Jane Stanton Hitchcock

The secret of successfully giving yourself away lies not so much in calculated actions as in cultivating friendly, warm-hearted impulses. You have to train yourself to obey giving impulses on the instant -- before they get a chance to cool. When you give impulsively, something happens inside of you that makes you glow, sometimes for hours.

David Dunn

It's curious that the Church has become the most tightfisted at the very time in history when God has provided most generously. There's considerable talk about the end of the age, and many people seem to believe that Christ will return in their lifetime. But why is it that expecting Christ's return hasn't radically influenced our giving? Why is it that people who believe in the soon return of Christ are so quick to build their own financial empires--which prophecy tells us will perish--and so slow to build God's kingdom?

Randy Alcorn

Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the assumption that we should keep or spend the money God entrusts to us. Giving should be the default choice. Unless there is a compelling reason to spend it or keep it, we should give it.

Randy Alcorn

I don't care what they say, we are only to love those who deserve our love and love them to the degree that they deserve it! You see, we are not God. Only God can love people undeserving without spoiling them. Us, on the other hand, can love someone so undeserving, and actually turn the person into someone so vile who is convinced that they were always entitled to every bit of it! Mamma mia! And what about giving? Yes, they all want us to give and expect nothing in return, they all have many scriptures to lay on our tables when it is they who are at the receiving end! But when the tables are turned and we are the ones at the receiving end, suddenly all the scriptures mean something else! And all the times they were on our end and we gave to them- suddenly are all forgotten!

C. JoyBell C.

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

Randy Alcorn

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.

Andy Stanley

[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan.

Andy Stanley

Generosity is not always tax deductible.

Ken Solts

The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches – but there is more to it than that, since his business success was combined with a generosity of spirit that led him to give away a fortune in pursuit of his ultimate ambition to die a poor man.

Bill Scott

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!

Ian Thompson

Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive.

Kahlil Gibran

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

Mia Farrow

I propitiated the knife-wielding deities with presents of books. The gifts to them and the head of nursing were also meant to acknowledge that although people get paid to do their jobs, you cannot pay someone to do their job passionately and wholeheartedly. Those qualities are not for sale; they are themselves gifts that can only be given freely, and are in many, many fields.

Rebecca Solnit

With regard to navigating relationship's highways and bi-ways - avoid changing lanes without first giving a signal.

T.F. Hodge

When you see and know that your wellspring is an Eternal Source, and not other people around you, or your past experiences, not even your life story, that is when you are able to truly give to others, without running out and without feeling empty. Because I see God in everything that I touch and feel and think and because I believe that He sees me in everything, too, hence I am able to give to others without thinking of myself as limited source. What I have doesn't come from others, it doesn’t come from my life story and it doesn’t come from a box. What I have comes from a wellspring, an Eternal Source. The good news is that it never runs out, there is plenty for all and for everyone.

C. JoyBell C.

Rather than a vanity paycheck it feels better to give something of far more value than entertainment or money. Sometimes gifts can be priceless like that of love which is everything, connection, inspiration, devotion, attention, purpose…

Di Lee

Just like downing a powerful caffeine drink, “reaching out to others” pays that big “life energizer dividend!

Wes Adamson

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.

A.J. Jacobs

Prosperity is not a promise, it’s a covenant. You don’t pray to get prosperity, you give to get it. Prosperity is not measured by how much you get but how much you give.

McWilton Chikwenengere

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

Brené Brown

Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?

John Wesley

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

Lois McMaster Bujold

What would it hurt for me to give that homeless guy a couple bucks? Who the hell cares if he spends it on beer? Maybe beer is a step up for him from the harder stuff that knocked him onto the streets in the first place. Maybe, just maybe, he’s actually going to spend it on food (homeless people do eat, right?). Maybe, he really is a desperate human being who is trying to change his situation.

Dan Pearce

Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.

Patti Digh

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

Fulton J. Sheen

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

Dillon Burroughs

Everything he was, he gave to her.

L.J. Smith

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

J.R.R. Tolkien

But the distinction is important and must be made: the highest virtue is not to give or to take. It is to share. And what I didn’t understand most of my life is that sharing includes serving oneself. It is a subtle distinction, one too subtle for most adults, though most children understand it.

Robert Peate

Love and knwoledge have one thing in common; both live on giving and sharing, more you share more it will be and make impacts over impacts, influence one to another. Love will not get lesser by giving, knowledge too..

Baris Gencel

People come in my house and say, “I like this.” I say, “Do you want it?” Isn’t that the Christian thing to do?

Stanley Victor Paskavich

Love and knowledge have one thing in common; both live on giving and sharing, more you share more it will be and make impacts over impacts, influence one to another. Love will not get lesser by giving and same goes to knowledge too..

Baris Gencel

Maybe that was the point of giving after all. He thought he'd given to fill others. He thought giving would allow others to fill him. But he'd had it wrong. Giving laid the holes bare and revealed his insufficiency to fill or be filled. To truly give, he had to lean wholly on God. The Lord alone could use him to help others, and the Lord alone could replenish his empty stores.

Sarah Sundin

The act of giving, abundant life.

Lailah Gifty Akita

You attain happiness not by gaining, but by giving.

Debasish Mridha

Happiness comes from loving and giving

Debasish Mridha

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

Bryant McGill

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.

Jason Micheal Ratliff

The more you give, the more you can give.

Roy Bennett

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

Tony D'Souza

We are all we got in this world why not help each other.

Alcurtis Turner

Giving has no relation or companionship

Unarine Ramaru

To get he had tried,yet his store was still meager.To a wise man he cried,in a voice keen and eager;Pray tell me how I may successfully live?And the wise man replied,"To get you must give."As to giving he said,"What have I to give?"I've scarce enough bread,and of course one must live;But I would partake of Life's bountifulstore. Came the wise man's response;"Then you must give more."The lesson he learned;to get was forgotten,Toward mankind he turnedwith a love new begotten.As he gave of himself in useful living,Then joy crowned his days,for he grew rich in giving.

Arthur William Beer

We can only be our best by giving, and so we always need to be in the process of giving or preparing to give.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

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

Amit Ray

Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others.

Lisa Wingate

Life wants you to be able to fully receive and give affection and love.

Bryant McGill

When we give out to others we are also giving to our selves. It builds a life of meaning

Angie karan

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

Kemi Sogunle

Giving develops discipline and an awareness of others' misfortune, which helps you to focus on what is truly important.

Steve Repak

Real love never fails, never fades, and the greatest expression of it is giving.

Gena Showalter

You cannot receive until you learn to release.

Kemi Sogunle

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