Giver Quotes

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya Angelou

Giving, Soul, Found

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Done, Gift, Intention

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, Keep, Hand

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Life, Religion, God

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.
Bob Dylan

Life, Time, God

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Barbara de Angelis

Love, Kindness, Difference

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
Edmund Burke

Both, Flattery, Corrupts

Love the giver more than the gift.
Brigham Young

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
Thomas a Kempis

Love, Gift, Lover

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.
George Washington Cable

Lord, Everybody, Cheerful

Yeah, I'm a giver. I've learned to be selective of the people in my world, because if I love someone, I will give them my blood, whatever they need. In doing so, one can end up with little left for themselves.
Brittany Murphy

Love, End, Someone

I'm honestly not a great gift giver. I could give better - my girlfriends have always complained about that.
John Legend

Great, Give, Gift

Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
Marvin Olasky

Good, Humility, Necessary

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.
John Naisbitt

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.
Cheryl Strayed

Friend, Person, Advice

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