Quotes on Giving

There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme.

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?

I live in a space of thankfulness- And I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for the small things, and more thankful I become, the more my bounty increased, that's because what you focus on expands and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

All streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it its power.

Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

Give me a different set of mothers and I will give you a different world

The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.

Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value.

It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.

Give me a Wildness whose glance no civilization can endure.

The way to have the life we want is to receive more deeply the life we have. Sometimes we keep our own life at arm's length, thinking we'll wait until circumstances improve before giving it all we've got. But life is just a reflection of consciousness, so it's never going to give any more to us than we give to it. Don't wait for a perfect life; breathe in the life that's already perfect.

Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.

If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.