13 quotes about giving, from history's most famous thinkers, authors, and speakers. Featuring quotes from Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, and more.

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13 QUOTES ON THE
JOY AND IMPORTANCE
OF GIVING

2. Giving is the master key to success,
in all applications of human life.
― Bryant McGill
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3. For it is in giving
that we receive.
― Francis of Assisi
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4. To get the full
value of joy you
must have someone
to divide it with.
― Mark Twain
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5. ”“The wise man does not lay up his own
treasures. The more he gives to others,
the more he has for his own.
― Lao Tzu

6. No one is useless in this world who
lightens the burdens of another.
― Charles Dickens
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7. “ ”
Nothing else in all life is
such a maker of joy and cheer
as the privilege of doing good.
― James Russell Miller

8. “The best things to do with the best
things in life is to give them away.
― Dorothy Day

9. We make a living
by what we get.
We make a life
by what we give.
― Winston S. Churchill
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10. “ ”
When we give cheerfully and accept
gratefully, everyone is blessed.
― Maya Angelou

11. “Joy multiplies when it is shared among
friends, but grief diminishes with every
division. That is life.
― R.A. Salvatore
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Those who are
happiest are those
who do the
most for others.
― Booker T. Washington

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“Mankind was my business; charity,
mercy, forbearance, and benevolence,
were, all, my business. The deals of my
trade were but a drop of water in the
comprehensive ocean of my business!
— The ghost of Jacob Marley,
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

14. “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

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