We are the mediocre, we are the half givers, we are the half lovers, we are the savourless salt. Break the hard crust of complacency. Quicken in us the sharp grace of desire.
Givers for God disarm the power of money.
I think that people should give gifts by really recognizing the spiritual worth of the person and their (the givers') own worth. You usually give a present that the other person needs or wants, and I think it just emphasizes wants and needs.
Sure they say we (women) are life givers not takers, but guess what, most women can multi-task and be life givers and fighters. Boxing is not a life-taking sport. Boxing is not a violent sport; it's an art, a dance, a science. Sometimes the smarter boxer wins and sometimes the stronger boxer wins. Of course aggression is a feminine quality. It's a quality that exists in human beings whether they are men or women.
The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.
Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back
The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.
We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions and givers of answers, and we have other grave defects unpardonable by a system that believes death, like money, improves people.
Selfless giving is a choice. The primary choice we make is not what to give, how to give, where to give. What we are trying to do is become perfect givers.
Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
Givers get trust quicker than other people. People trust generous people.
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
Givers of great dinners know few enemies.
People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always trying to get equal benefit for themselves and others; and givers, who are always trying to help people.
Good givers are great getters.
The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.
I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully - through me, a little - the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.
