John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?"
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Giver
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Walt Whitman
Poet, Essayist
"The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail"
Billy Graham
Evangelist, Author
"To be peacemaker, you must know the peace giver."
Adam Grant
Organizational Psychologist, Author
"Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon."
Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver."
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"Givers get trust quicker than other people. People trust generous people."
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"Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Law Giver."
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"True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift."
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"Nature is good, but intellect is better, as the law-giver is before the law-receiver."
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"Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious."
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"The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness."
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"A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver."
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"Ah me, thou Destiny, Giver of evil gifts."
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"Now even the heavens are thankful that because of love I have become the giver of light."
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"The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver."
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"Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver."
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"Be a go-giver, not a go-getter"
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"Good givers are great getters."
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"When you're a good giver you're a good getter."
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"Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.]"
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"For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness."
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"My whole life I've been an over-giver. My general operating policy has always been, 'If it belongs to me, don't worry: You can have it!'"
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"I'm going to be the most competitive birth-giver ever."
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"If we are to be blessed, we must pursue the Giver of blessings."
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"The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him."
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