Quotes about Giving

Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

The only way to retain love is to give it away.

To love others you must love yourself...You can only give to others what you have yourself.

One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

True love requires sacrifice.

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

Some of us try desperately to hold on to ourselves, to live for ourselves. We look so bedraggled and pathetic doing it, hanging on to the dead branch of a bank account for dear life, afraid to risk ourselves on the untried wings of giving. We don't think we can live generously because we have never tried. But the sooner we start the better, for we are going to have to give up our lives finally, and the longer we wait the less time we have for the soaring and swooping life of grace.

Listen carefully to what I am saying—and be wary of the shrewd advice that tells you how to get ahead in the world on your own. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes." NEVER WITHOUT A STORY

Coming from a family of preachers, the idea of giving back has been part of my life as long as I can remember.