94 Inspirational Giving Quotes

In a world where kindness and generosity often serve as the glue that holds communities together, the act of giving transforms lives and spirits alike. Whether it's a small gesture or a grand contribution, giving inspires, uplifts, and creates ripples of positive change. This blog post invites you to explore a carefully curated collection of 94 inspirational quotes about giving. These words of wisdom, drawn from great thinkers and generous hearts across history and cultures, offer profound insights and motivation. As you delve into these quotes, let them ignite your own spirit of giving and remind you of the incredible power you hold to make a difference in the lives of others.

1. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” - Charles Dickens

2. “It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” - Mother Theresa

3. “One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.” - George Eliot

4. “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” - Amy Carmichael

5. “Getters don't get--givers get.” - Eugene Benge

6. “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.” - Mother Teresa

7. “Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.” - Peter S. Beagle

8. “The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.” - Pierre Corneille

9. “The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue.” - Charles Dudley Warner

10. “The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.” - Baltasar Gracian

11. “Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.” - Ben Carson

12. “When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.” - Vernon McLellan

13. “Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.” - Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

14. “You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

15. “For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.” - Barry Lopez

16. “Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus.” - Oswald Chambers

17. “The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.” - Gretchen Rubin

18. “My mother told me that life isn't always about pleasing yourself and that sometimes you have to do things for the sole benefit of another human being. I completely agreed with her, but reminded her that that was what blow jobs were for.” - Chelsea Handler

19. “Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.” - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

20. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” - Steve Maraboli

21. “Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.” - Steve Maraboli

22. “It's bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody something you want THEM to have.” - Truman Capote

23. “I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” - Mother Teresa

24. “Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.” - Kahlie Gibran

25. “Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.” - Kahlil Gibran

26. “You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.” - Dave Eggers

27. “What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life. This does not necessarily mean that he sacrifices his life for the other—but that he gives him of that which is alive in him; he gives him of his joy, of his interest, of his understanding, of his knowledge, of his humor, of his sadness—of all expressions and manifestations of that which is alive in him. In thus giving of his life, he enriches the other person, he enhances the other's sense of aliveness by enhancing his own sense of aliveness. He does not give in order to receive; giving is in itself exquisite joy. But in giving he cannot help bringing something to life in the other person, and this which is brought to life reflects back to him.” - Erich Fromm

28. “Give, but give until it hurts.” - Mother Teresa

29. “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.” - Brian Tracy

30. “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” - Mary Anne Radmacher

31. “Give until it hurts.” - Corazon Cojuangco Aquino

32. “The more you love, the more love you are given to love with.” - Lucien Price

33. “When you suffer, you are being conformed to the image of Jesus. When you pray, you are being made holy in the image of Jesus. When you quietly serve a person in need, you are being shaped into the image of Jesus. When you generously give, your heart is being remade into the image of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.” - Allen R. Hunt

34. “For it is in giving that we receive.” - St. Francis Of Assisi

35. “What we spend, we lose. What we keep will be left for others. What we give away will be ours forever.” - David McGee

36. “Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.” - Brian Tracy

37. “Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.” - Criss Jami

38. “You can give without loving ,but you can't love without giving.” - Jazlyn Roehl

39. “You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him as if he'd gone insane. "How, though?" Lightly, he tapped her skull with his knuckles. "Memorize it. Then write it down for him.” - Markus Zusak

40. “Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.” - Ellis Peters

41. “Only when you give from the heart does it make the giving whole.” - Stephen Richards

42. “SELFLESS LOVE.If you have a special person in your life, but you find yourselves arguing, irritated and/or fighting out of the blue… you both need to try to step back and be selfless and think of the other person... with no ego of your own. No ego. We are ALL dealing with our own tough issues. We may keep them to ourselves, but we all have struggles. If you BOTH allow yourselves to step into each others shoes- to have the awareness and respect for each others issues and struggles... that will most likely allow the love that you have for each other to shine through at its brightest.There will be ups and downs- feelings of being under-appreciated for both. It will happen. But let that be the worst that happens. Unity through diversity. That's the greatest love. A selfless love. It’s paradoxical, but you each would get back more than you give out. That's the love that conquers all things that’s mentioned in the Bible. It will be challenging for both of you, but well worth it.” - José N. Harris

43. “Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.” - Brené Brown

44. “One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.” - Mike Norton

45. “Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that allows us to be brave - that is, to acknowledge that there is more beauty than our eyes can bear, that precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm. And therefore, this courage allows us, as the old men said, to make ourselves useful. It allows us to be generous, which is another way of saying exactly the same thing.” - Marilynne Robinson

46. “How can I stand before you in silent symbols with open palms?” - Cameron Conaway

47. “What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask?  Let me give you the answer in a true story...On a cold day in December, feeling especially warm in my heart for no other reason than it was the holiday season, I walked through the store sporting a big grin on my face.  Though most people were far too busy going about their business to notice me, one elderly gentleman in a wheelchair brought his eyes up to meet mine as we neared each other traveling opposite directions.  He slowed in passing just long enough to speak to me."Now that's a Christmas smile if I ever saw one," he said.My lips stretched to their limit in response, and I thanked him for the compliment.  Then we went our separate ways. But, as I thought about the man and how sweetly he'd touched me, I realized something simply wonderful!  In that brief, passing interaction we'd exchanged heartfelt gifts!And that, my friend, is the spirit of Christ~mas. ” - Richelle E. Goodrich

48. “..tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do.” - Randy Alcorn

49. “A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.” - Randy Alcorn

50. “There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.” - Marion G. Romney

51. “Christians are God's delivery people, through whom he does his giving to a needy world. We are conduits of God's grace to others. Our eternal investment portfolio should be full of the most strategic kingdom-building projects to which we can disburse God's funds.” - Randy Alcorn

52. “Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).” - Randy Alcorn

53. “To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.” - Randy Alcorn

54. “How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.” - Andrew Murray

55. “God pours out his choicest blessings on those who are anxious that nothing shall stick to their hands. Individuals who value the rainy day above the present agony of the world will get no blessing from God.” - William MacDonald

56. “Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.” - Randy Alcorn

57. “Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the assumption that we should keep or spend the money God entrusts to us. Giving should be the default choice. Unless there is a compelling reason to spend it or keep it, we should give it.” - Randy Alcorn

58. “It's curious that the Church has become the most tightfisted at the very time in history when God has provided most generously. There's considerable talk about the end of the age, and many people seem to believe that Christ will return in their lifetime. But why is it that expecting Christ's return hasn't radically influenced our giving? Why is it that people who believe in the soon return of Christ are so quick to build their own financial empires--which prophecy tells us will perish--and so slow to build God's kingdom?” - Randy Alcorn

59. “Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give.” - Solange nicole

60. “Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper His people? Indeed! God increases our yield so that by giving we can prove that our yield is not our god. God does not prosper a man’s business so he can move from a Ford to a Cadillac. God prospers a business so that thousands of unreached peoples can be reached with the gospel.” - John Piper

61. “i'm out to make difference in the world, to lead the way by giving much and giving often.” - Jane Stanton Hitchcock

62. “God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutionises our philanthropic instincts. Much of our philanthropy is simply the impulse to save ourselves an uncomfortable feeling. The Spirit of God alters all that. As saints our attitude towards giving is that we give for Jesus Christ’s sake, and from no other motive. ” - Oswald Chambers

63. “There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up” - Bernard Meltzer

64. “Service is a smile.  It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug.   It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

65. “The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” - Carol Ryrie Brink

66. “The most precious thing I have to give is my time.” - Silvia Hartmann

67. “God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.” - Shane Claiborne

68. “Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.” - Andy Stanley

69. “As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes.” - Andy Stanley

70. “Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place?” - Andy Stanley

71. “[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan.” - Andy Stanley

72. “If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.” - Andy Stanley

73. “What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.” - Andy Stanley

74. “God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.” - Randy Alcorn

75. “It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.” - Shannon L. Alder

76. “When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!” - John Wesley

77. “God is not glorified when we keep for ourselves (no matter how thankfully) what we ought to be using to alleviate the misery of unevangelized, uneducated, unmedicated, and unfed millions. The evidence that many professing Christians have been deceived by this doctrine is how little they give and how much they own. God has prospered them. And by an almost irresistible law of consumer culture (baptized by a doctrine of health, wealth, and prosperity) they have bought bigger (and more) houses, newer (and more) cars, fancier (and more) clothes, better (and more) meat, and all manner of trinkets and gadgets and containers and devices and equipment to make life more fun. They will object: Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper his people? Indeed! God increases our yield, so that by giving we can prove our yield is not our god. God does not prosper a man's business so that he can move from a Ford to a Cadillac. God prospers a business so that 17,000 unreached people can be reached with the gospel. He prospers the business so that 12 percent of the world's population can move a step back from the precipice of starvation.” - John Piper

78. “Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?” - John Wesley

79. “Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was nothing glittery and Christmasy about it, but almost sad, and sometimes his gifts were old beat-up things but they had the charm of usefulness and sadness of his giving.” - Jack Kerouac

80. “Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it” - Katerina Stoykova Klemer

81. “If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people.” - Shane Claiborne

82. “The secret of successfully giving yourself away lies not so much in calculated actions as in cultivating friendly, warm-hearted impulses. You have to train yourself to obey giving impulses on the instant -- before they get a chance to cool. When you give impulsively, something happens inside of you that makes you glow, sometimes for hours.” - David Dunn

83. “A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

84. “The simple truth is that love is a part of who we are, not something that others "give" to us if we're worthy of it. We're taught that if we just find that right person, and that person "falls in love" with us, everything will be fine. We're not taught about recognizing the love that is a part of our spirits, the love that we radiate when we recognize the beauty and need in all the people that surround us. Love is ours to share, at all moments and in all situations, but for some reason we fear doing so.” - Tom Walsh

85. “من قال انه يعطى ولا ياخذ فقد اخذ فوق ما يستحق” - ميخائيل نعيمة

86. “Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it.” - Steve Maraboli

87. “Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

88. “We must share! Sharing IS caring. Share everything: every idea, every resource, every story, every gift, every worry and every burden. Share yourself.” - Bryant McGill

89. “Giving is the key to all success in all applications of human life.” - Bryant McGill

90. “Charity you can give even when you haven't got.” - Bernard Malamud

91. “But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.” - Cheryl Strayed

92. “Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.” - Dillon Burroughs

93. “Jesus rejoices in even the smallest gifts to His children.” - Dillon Burroughs

94. “Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.” - Bryant McGill