1.“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”
2.“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
3.“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
4.“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.”
5.“The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.”
6.“Giving someone shelter of love, doesn’t depend on their nature. It depends on your nature.”
7.“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
8.“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
9.“Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.”
10.“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
11.“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”
12.“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”
13.“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
14.“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.”
15.“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life…”
16.“Whatever you think people are withholding from you–praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on–give it to them.”
17.“Love cannot remain by itself—it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.”
18.“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”
19.“It’s easier to take than to give. It’s nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.”
20.“It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.”
21.“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
22.“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
23.“There could be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.”
24.“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
25.“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
26.“Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does.”
27.“Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.”
28.“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
29.“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”
30.“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
31.“You’re learning to be nourished by the love you give, not by the validation offered in response to your giving.”
32.“Give cheerfully and freely. It is the energy behind the giving that matters so do not give grudgingly. The law of cause and effect guarantees that you shall receive plenty for what you give.”
33.“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.”
34.“We must understand that the only thing that we keep forever is the thing that we give away, and the more you give the more you get.”
35.“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
36.“To do more for the world than the world does for you – that is success.”
37.“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
38.“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
39.“You cannot afford to leave out giving in your life plan. You cannot afford to leave it to chance occurrence.”
40.“Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.”
41.“At the end it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.”
42.“The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”
43.“If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full…”
44.“Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.”
45.“Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”
46.“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
47.“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
48.“Give people the best of what is within you and help others to awaken to their best self so that they too can live a life of abundance.”
49.“We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.”
50.“Wealth isn’t always measured in dollar signs. We each have time, talent and creativity, all of which can be powerful forces for positive change. Share your blessings in whatever form they come and to whatever level you have been blessed.”
51.“Money is not the only commodity that is fun to give. We can give time, we can give our expertise, we can give our love or simply give a smile. What does that cost? The point is, none of us can ever run out of something worthwhile to give.”