Quotes on Gift Giving

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.

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth. Thus I beg and beseech you. Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do—back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning.

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

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.