Knut Hamsun Quotes

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.

If people are going to give, they're going to give. And it doesn't matter if you give a dollar or five dollars or a hundred dollars or a million dollars; it's all according to your ability.

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.