Giving Quotes

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

~ Stephen R. Donaldson

Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.

~ Ellis Peters

Love is about giving freedom and power, not about gaining control or possession.

~ Jeffrey Fry

Understanding why so many western women are giving birth to unnaturally large babies that either damage the birth canal or will not fit down it is one of the greatest challenges to modern medicine.

~ Steven Magee

If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people.

~ Shane Claiborne

I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing.

~ Marilynne Robinson

Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?

~ John Wesley

If I can somehow focus on the pain of not focusing on my pain, I will soon find that pain healed simply because I forced myself to do the exact opposite of what my core humanity demanded I do…I sought to heal the pain of someone else instead.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Materialism is not having things, it is letting things have you.

~ Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

Giving is the gateway to heaven.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Christmas is the spirit of love, peace and goodwill to all Humankind. It is within the reach of every heart and hand.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You can never out-give God.

~ Anonymous

Being a mother is not about ‘birthing a child into the world.’ Rather, it is about repeatedly ‘birthing into the child’ a steady sense of their inestimable worth, a prized understanding of their authentic self, a conviction that the impossible is largely the stuff of myth, and an utterly unwavering belief that cold actions of men never represent the warm heart of God. It is the relentless act of birthing these things into the innermost soul of a thirsty child that makes a woman a mother.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Being a mother is not about ‘birthing a child into the world.’ Rather, it is about repeatedly ‘birthing into the child’ a steady sense of their inestimable worth, a prized understanding of their authentic self, a conviction that the impossible is largely the stuff of myth, and an utterly unwavering belief that the cold actions of men never represent the warm heart of God. It is the relentless act of birthing these things into the innermost soul of a thirsty child that makes a woman a mother.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Leadership is not about the power and status of one but the empowerment and service of all. That is what it should be and that is how it should be measured.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Seek a man that doesn't ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God's love.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Life can only be live with grace, gratitude and generosity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A ‘caring’ judgment is still a judgment. And any form of judgment creates blocks and stagnation.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

The moment we accept our pain is the moment we release our suffering. Suffering is created when we offer life resistance, and what we resist most are the experiences that bring us pain.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Tithing is an open door to wealth.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Giving is an open gate to great life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Giving is the gateway to heavenly blessings.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We live to give.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God’s grace is the strength for every good deed.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest life is to share, to sacrifice and to serve.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Giving is an open gate to a great life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Giving is sharing.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

What do we live for? If not to give what you have and share life with other souls.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Give what you possess.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Another decent possibility my critics implicitly deny is that of work as a gift…They assume—and this is the orthodox assumption of the industrial economy—that the only help worth giving is not given at all, but sold. Love, friendship, neighbourliness, compassion, duty—what are they?

~ Wendell Berry

I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

You will know it is love not when you think about them all the time or want to be with them, but when you worry about them and you want their approval and happiness.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Time is valuable in life. You can show someone how much you appreciate them by giving your time. A good amount of time goes by each day. Spending time with the ones you love shows them how much you care.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

The real currency of life is not money but love. Real success comes not from earning but from giving.

~ Debasish Mridha

Giving without expectations is the ultimate secret source of abundance.

~ Debasish Mridha

You cannot get before you give. Wood cannot give you warmth before you start the fires.

~ Debasish Mridha

One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.

~ Mike Norton

I must be ever so careful to remember that my pain is a precious salve that when used in the service of others can heal a thousand wounds and more. And I must likewise remember that if I do not use it as such, I have done nothing more than wound myself yet again.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough