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Giving

Quotations from the Wayside

Fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
HADA BEJAR

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
ALBERT CAMUS

One who gives quickly gives twice.
CERVANTES

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

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
I CORINTHIANS 13:13

The only gift is a portion of thyself.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Once you have helped another human being, you will never again be lonely.
ROBERT HENRY HOLMES

True compassion is more than flinging coins to a beggar.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to think.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required.
LUKE 12:48

Men are judged by what is given, not what is withheld.
THEODORE PARKER

Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity covers a multitude of sins.
I PETER 4:8

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

To help his fellow man is man’s most noble work.
SOPHOCLES

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we keep.
ANNE SWETCHINE

Without the abundance of the heart nothing great can happen.
PAUL TILLICH

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