Giving And Receiving Quotes

“Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they'll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.”
― Colleen Hoover, Confess

“My mother told me that life isn't always about pleasing yourself and that sometimes you have to do things for the sole benefit of another human being. I completely agreed with her, but reminded her that that was what blow jobs were for.”
― Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

“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.
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People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“If you want to ask one question, ask yourself, what are you giving to the universe and only that will be returned.”
― Amit Ray

“Remember that relationships flourish through nourishment and engagement so if you want yours to be fruitful and fulfilling increase your levels of giving and work on being present.”
― Germany Kent

“Baba instilled in us a strong sense of community, and he wanted us to always give to those who didn't have. "You don't give the money to the church, mosque, government, or anyone else for that matter; you give it to the needy yourself. Don't always count on the middle man. The money you are spending in God's name is the money that benefits those in need.”
― Hani Selim, Osama's Jihad

“Remember, the best presents anyone can give, is being there for their loved ones.”
― James Hauenstein

“If a lady offers you a kindness, you absolutely have to accept”
― Maria Wallingford, My 12 Months a Troll

“We give something, and that opens the possibility of receiving: we naturally receive something when we give. This is how we live, whether it is in the business world, in our social lives, or in any other context. Giving and taking is happening all the time. Living is dependent on giving: we give and therefore we receive. This interdependence is natural; however, it takes a special effort to train our mind to know this well enough so that our understanding is clear and strong. – 17th Karmapa”
― Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Traveling the Path of Compassion: A Commentary on The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva

“Giving with strings attached isn’t really giving.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“God has given us the gift of life.” He reeled round to face the congregation and boomed, “What you do with that life is your gift to Him.”
― Anna Faversham, One Dark Night

“Though some people give with strings attached, a vast majority of people who give are motivated by a desire to help their fellow humans. They do so out of a grateful heart. Often, their prime motivation is to help those less privileged find their feet so that they can also contribute to the well-being of society.”
― Akwasi O. Ofori, The Secrets of Superstars: What Topnotch People Know and You Don't

“When you find love, keep it. When you have love, give it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“The more you share, the more you grow.

And the more you share, the more you have - whatsoever it is. It is not only a question of money.

If you have knowledge, share it. If you have meditation, share it! If you have love, share it.

WHATSOEVER you have, share it, spread it all over; let it spread like the fragrance of a flower going to the winds. It has nothing to do particularly with poor people. Share with anybody that is available... and there are different types of poor people.

A rich man may be poor because he has never known any love. Share love with him. A poor man may have known love but has not known good food - share food with him. A rich man may have everything and has no understanding - share your understanding with him; he is also poor. There are a thousand and one types of poverty. Whatsoever you have, share it.

If you want to really enjoy your food, you will have to call friends. If you REALLY want to enjoy food, you will have to invite guests; otherwise you will not be able to enjoy it. If you really want to enjoy drinking, how can you enjoy it alone in your room? You will have to find friends, other drunkards.

You will have to share!

Joy is always a sharing. Joy does not exist alone.

How can you be happy alone? absolutely alone - think! HOW can you be happy, absolutely alone?

No. Joy is a relationship. It is a togetherness. In fact, even those people who have moved to the mountains and have lived an alone life, they also share with existence - not alone. They share with the stars and the mountains and the birds and the trees - they are not alone.

Just think! For twelve years Mahavir was standing in the jungles alone - but he was not alone. I say to you, on authority, he was not alone. The birds were coming and playing around, and the animals would come and sit around, and the trees would shower their flowers on him, and the stars would come, and the sun would rise. And the day and the night, and summer and winter... and the whole year around... it was joy!

For twelve years Mahavir was silent: standing, sitting, with the rocks and the trees, but he was not alone - he was crowded by the whole existence. The whole existence was merging upon him.

He had gone beyond.

Jain scriptures talk only about the fact that he left the world, they don't talk about the fact that he came back into the world; that is only half the story, that is not the full story.

Buddha went into the forest, but he came back. How can you go on being there when you HAVE it? You will have to come back and share it.

Share! Whatsoever you have, share... and it will grow.

That is a fundamental law: the more you give, the more you get. Never be a miser in giving.”
― Osho

“You can’t give what you don’t have
and you can have what you won’t give.”
― Maureen Muldoon

“It is no secret that we can only give to others what we have to give. We can only export to our clients what we have in fact imported into our own lives. Leadership and influence are among other things, sharing with others from the overflow of our own growth and multiplied challenges.”
― Chris J. Gregas

“No one lost anything by giving, a tree loses nothing by giving away its fruits.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“It is more blissful to give than to receive.”
― Swedish Proverb

“The more you divide, the more it yields dividends. Give more, get more!”
― Ned Bryan Abakah

“My target is not to make money but, to make many make money. With this i will never lack money.”
― Ned Bryan Abakah

“Stop living to work or and start working to give.”
― Rob Liano

“Live to work or work to give?”
― Rob Liano

“If, as a companion, you just try not to be harmful, if you are not helpful either, you might still be harmful.”
― Criss Jami

“When I think of a God, I think of giving and receiving. A deep destiny and song within us all waiting to be sung. As our Oneness, when we embody God, and in our service we offer as our gift to all.”
― Ulonda Faye, Sutras of the Heart: Spiritual Poetry to Nourish the Soul

“A true spirit of love lies in the power of giving.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Generosity can only measure the depth of love.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“The true spirit of life lies in the power of giving.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“If you demand recognition for giving — you’re buying something.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“You can't rely on getting everything you want, but you can always give to others.”
― Ronald Bunch

“When you give something away, you actually gain more in return.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide