Giving is fishing.Italian proverbTraditional attribution
Giving and generosity
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
For it is in giving that we receive.St. Francis Of AssisiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.Ben SweetlandAttributed in the original GADEL collection
No one has ever become poor by giving.Anne FrankAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.Richard BraunsteinAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.Elizabeth BibescoAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.Melvin SchleedsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is expressly at those times when we feel needy that we will benefit the most from giving.Ruth RossAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.Arab proverbTraditional attribution
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.Heda BejarAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He that gives quickly gives twice.CervantesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Giving opens the way for receiving.Florence Scovel ShinnAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Giving is true having.Charles SpurgeonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Giving is a joy if we do it in the right spirit.Esther Baldwin YorkAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.Lao-tzuAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.Pierre CorneilleAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He gives little who gives with a frown; he gives much who gives little with a smile.The TalmudAttributed in the original GADEL collection
We are rich only through what we give.Anne-Sophie SwetchineAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The ones that give, get back in kind.Pam DurbanAttributed in the original GADEL collection
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.Anne Morrow LindberghAttributed in the original GADEL collection
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.Antoine De Saint-ExuperyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The generous man grows rich in giving, the miser poor in taking.Danish proverbTraditional attribution
We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are.Desire-Joseph MercierAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise.English proverbTraditional attribution
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.Norman MacEwenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.Scott ReedAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.Dutch proverbTraditional attribution
What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.MuntheAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You have to sow before you can reap. You have to give before you can get.Robert CollierAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You are like a tree, giving your shade to the outside.Arab proverbTraditional attribution
Giving just a crumb to the hungry is worth more than giving lunch to the satisfied.Vietnamese proverbTraditional attribution
Giving promptly is like giving twice.Sicilian proverbTraditional attribution
Original collection & source
Original title: Quotes, Proverbs and Sayings on Giving
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