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Giving Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
- The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never…
- Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
- A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no…
- Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in…
- A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not, publicity rather than charity, which he loves? Is it…
- Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."
- Thinking cannot be clear until it has had expression-we must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in half torpid form.…
- It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every…
- If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with…
- As the imagination is set to look into the invisible and immaterial, it seems to attract something of their vitality; and though it can give…
- It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron…
- The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as…
- Whenever education and refinement carry us away from the common people, they are growing towards selfishness, which is the monster evil of the world. That…
- Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi