Giving quotes
21.9K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside giving — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative."
"Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood."
"The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you’d still be doing it. You’ve got to have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning."
"If you're extremely rich, and you have got children, my theory was, you give them enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing."
"I keep calling it the I-thought. It's a thought. There is no I. This gives you a clue."
"To get all that life wants for you, apply what I call the Boomerang Effect: Give out what you most want to see come back."
"I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light."
"The worst men often give the best advice."
"Grace equals ability. God gives us grace to match our call. When we do our own thing, we do it on our own. When we follow His leading, He always supplies the grace and the energy to do what He's calling us to do."
"You never lose until you actually give up."
"At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington."
"Ask for what you want. Believe that you deserve it, and then allow Life to give it to you."
"Computers are useless - all they can give you are answers."
"If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers"
"The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself."
"Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life."
"It's the knowledge derived from information that gives you a competitive edge."
"If at the first sign of infection, you always jump in with antibiotics, you do not give the immune system a chance to grow stronger."
"The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you'd like to live."
"(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can."
