Giving Quotes

“Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.”

It's funny when people say, "I don't get anything out of my church." Your role in the church is investment not embezzlement. Sow=Reap. Give=Grow.

A person with a giving way can easily be taken by those who are entitled because they were enabled by the giving person.

You have lost much, endured much...but you cling to the memory of your sacrifices, of all the things you have lost or left behind. They drag behind you, like chains of your own making. They have a terrible power over you - the power of grief, and loss, and regret. You have let go of the people, the places, the things, but you have not let go of the pain. You have not forgiven yourself.

Love’s value is not dependent on the person receiving it, but on the person giving it.

When we don’t ask, we don’t let others give. When we fear rejection, we don’t let generosity arise.

Throw a pebble in the water and make a wave. A simple act of kindness can stir the widest ocean.

Throw a pebble in the water and make a wave. A simple act of kindness can stir the widest ocean.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

From what we get in life, we make a living. From what we give, we make a life.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

If you always give you will always have.

You give me a gift? *BAM* Thank you note! You invite me somewhere? *POW* RSVP! You do me a favor? *WHAM* Favor returned! Do not test my politeness.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

Religion is giving with no strings attached