I’ve attempted to collect some interesting proverbs, quotes and sayings on giving. Enjoy!
Giving is fishing. ~Italian proverb
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ~Andre Gide
For it is in giving that we receive. ~St. Francis Of Assisi
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. ~C. S. Lewis
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.–So, spread your love everywhere you go. Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland
No one has ever become poor by giving. ~Anne Frank
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. ~Richard Braunstein
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Elizabeth Bibesco
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Melvin Schleeds
It is expressly at those times when we feel needy that we will benefit the most from giving. ~Ruth Ross
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arab proverb
The amount you give isn’t important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life. ~Jim Rohn
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. ~Heda Bejar
He that gives quickly gives twice. ~Cervantes
In the sphere of material things, giving means being rich. Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. ~Erich Fromm
This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what he has given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received. ~Seneca
Giving opens the way for receiving. ~Florence Scovel Shinn
Giving is true having. ~Charles Spurgeon
Giving is a joy if we do it in the right spirit. It all depends on whether we think of it as “What can I spare?” or as “What can I share?” ~Esther Baldwin York
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ~Lao-tzu
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. ~Pierre Corneille
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. ~George Eliot
He gives little who gives with a frown; he gives much who gives little with a smile. ~The Talmud
We are rich only through what we give. ~Anne-Sophie Swetchine
The ones that give, get back in kind. ~Pam Durban
It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. ~Gloria Steinem
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. ~Kahlil Gibran
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. ~Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The generous man grows rich in giving, the miser poor in taking. ~Danish proverb
We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are. ~Desire-Joseph Mercier
Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise. ~English proverb
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Norman MacEwen
You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest. ~Scott Reed
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor. ~Dutch proverb
What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever. ~Munthe
You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get. ~Robert Collier
You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside. ~Arab proverb
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied. ~Vietnamese proverb
Giving promptly is like giving twice. ~Sicilian proverb