This first blog post of the New Year is a little late. . . After my last somewhat long post “An A to Z Post on Giving” I thought I’d make this one a little shorter. . . I hope, though, you find these quotes on giving inspiring and at least a little thought provoking.
“Love is a gift. One that doesn’t need to be returned, just accepted.”
― Kelly Moran
“The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.”
― Edwin Louis Cole
“That best portion of a good man’s life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
— William Wordsworth
“A gift can never be cheap or insignificant because of the heart and love it carries.”
― Munia Khan
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
image copyright Mike Poltonavage
“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”
― Sarah Dessen
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
— attributed to both Robert Louis Stevenson and Amy Wilson-Carmichael
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it”
— William Arthur Ward
“When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.”
— Gene Wolfe
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
— Winston Churchill
“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”
― Brian Tracy
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
— Aesop
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.”
— Edward Everett Hale
(the quote and picture together may remind you of a familiar story . . . if not, see The Starfish Story)
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
“Whatever you do always give 100%. Unless you’re giving blood.”
Bill Murray
Any thoughts or comments on these? Please share them below.
Or share a quote on giving that you find inspiring. . .
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Hey Mike. You can start a new quote blog with this one!
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