quotations about giving
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
Pay thy debts before thou makest gifts.
JEHUDA
attributed, Day's Collacon
Give quickly, lest thy delay be construed into denial.
THEMISTOCLES
attributed, Day's Collacon
The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.
CAROL RYRIE BRINK
Caddie Woodlawn's Family
It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.
JAMES BALDWIN
The Fire Next Time
If you have something to give -- throw it out of the window;
The one who needs it will come along with eyes bent on the ground.
ELSA BARKER
Songs of a Vagrom Angel
When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more -- and so love is planted and grows.
DAVID J. LIEBERMAN
Executive Power