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Giving Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.
- You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when…
- Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay…
- The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended…
- Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.
- Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a…
- We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more…
- Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves. Those who…
- Nature never gives everything at once.
- No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.
- Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.
- Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.
- I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness…
- I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would…
- Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But…
- Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.
- Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association…
- Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as…
- Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
- Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts…
- Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied…
- Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often…
- We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest,…
- Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of…
- There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work…
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