Favorite Quotations ~  Gifts & Giving, 3 Purpose-Driven Life

"Generosity gives assistance rather than advice." ~ Vauvenargues

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Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future. ~ Albert Camus

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~ Kahlil Gibran

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ~ Charles Kingsley

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 Gracián

To give without any reward, or any notices, has a special quality of its own. ~ Ann Morrow Lindbergh

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. ~ Amy Carmichael

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit. ~ Audrey Hepburn

My heart's desire is to find more opportunities to give myself away and teach my children the joy of service at the same time. ~ Liz Curtis Higgs, Joy For The Journey

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift. And you receive it best and you live it best by holding it with very open hands. ~ Leo O'Donovan

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving. ~ Freya Stark

Give something that wasn't expected. ~ John Madden

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