Quotes on Giving In

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.

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that without having to be combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self, and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression. But giving up and giving in is not the way. Simply and quietly claiming your right to be You is the way.

The value of a man resides in what he gives

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

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.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

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.

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

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

You have been walking the ocean's edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive naked under and deeper under, a thousand times deeper. Love flows down. The ground submits to the sky and suffers what comes. Tell me, is the earth worse for giving in like that? Do not put blankets over the drum. Open completely.

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.