Giving Quotes by Isabel Allende

We only have what we give.

— Isabel Allende

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

— Isabel Allende

“What is the most generous thing to do in this case?”

— Isabel Allende

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?

— Isabel Allende

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

— Isabel Allende

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you…

— Isabel Allende

In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this…

— Isabel Allende

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order…

— Isabel Allende

Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages.…

— Isabel Allende

That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with…

— Isabel Allende

It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by…

— Isabel Allende

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she…

— Isabel Allende

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is…

— Isabel Allende

So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote…

— Isabel Allende

Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having…

— Isabel Allende

Every time I asked a question, that magnificent teacher, instead of giving the answer, showed me how to find it. She taught…

— Isabel Allende

My mum said that as you age you have to smell good and be clean and don't hate anybody because that makes…

— Isabel Allende