Top 200 Quotes About Giving (2025 Update)
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51. “There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.”

— Robin Williams

52. “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”

— Bob Hope

53. “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”

— Seneca

54. “To whom much is given, from him much will be required.”

— Luke the Evangelist

55. “I won’t give up. Even if the skies get rough.”

— Jason Mraz

56. “If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.”

— Richard DeVos

57. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”

— George Halas

58. “There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.”

— Vince Lombardi

59. “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.”

— Angela Bassett

60. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

— Anne Frank

61. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

— Paul the Apostle

62. “Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.”

— John D. Rockefeller

63. “If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”

— W. Clement Stone

64. “Teach us to give and not to count the cost.”

— Ignatius of Loyola

65. “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

— Paul the Apostle

66. “Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God’s money will I keep for myself?”

— John Wesley

67. “Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.”

— Richard Branson

68. “Give your life to God; he can do more with it than you can!”

— D.L. Moody

69. “I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.”

— John D. Rockefeller

70. “Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.”

— Jim Rohn

71. “God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.”

— Billy Graham

72. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

— Bill Gates

73. “If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.”

— Aung San Suu Kyi

74. “In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

75. “Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

76. “Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”

— Jim Rohn

77. “Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.”

— Simon Sinek

78. “If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.”

— Pope John Paul II

79. “A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

80. “Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.”

— Bill Gates

81. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

— Muhammad Ali

82. “The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.”

— Walt Whitman

83. “To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

84. “Once you are in it, you are in it. You have to go all the way to the end because you commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, absolutely everything. Sometimes, you find even more because you require more if you want to stay ahead and you want to win.”

— Ayrton Senna

85. “In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.”

— C. S. Lewis

86. “The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.”

— Wilma Mankiller

87. “Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.”

— Thomas S. Monson

88. “God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.”

— Saint Augustine

89. “Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”

— Og Mandino

90. “Don’t give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.”

— Paulo Coelho

91. “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”

— Khalil Gibran

92. “Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.”

— Pope John Paul II

93. “Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”

— Simon Sinek

94. “We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.”

— Catherine McAuley

95. “The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.”

— Myles Munroe

96. “Sharing is Caring – Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.”

— Kevin Heath

97. “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”

— Janice Maeditere

98. “If you believe that every life has equal value, it’s revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not. We said to ourselves: “This can’t be true. But if it is true, it deserves to be the priority of our giving.””

— Bill Gates

99. “Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.”

— Tim Cook

100. “Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can.”

— John Wesley