What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had;
what I kept, I lost.
Old epitaph
That's what I consider true generosity. You
give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
Simone de Beauvoir
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days.
Proverbs 11:1
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Giving is a necessity sometimes...more urgent, indeed, than having.
Margaret Lee Runbeck
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let
a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
Buddha
The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
Walt Whitman
Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.
Deepak Chopra
There is only one real deprivation, I decided this morning, and that
is not to be able to give one's gift to those one loves the most.
May Sarton
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give when unasked,
through understanding.
Kahlil Gibran
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from
within.
Franz Kafka