Marya Mannes Quotes

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

You give before you get.

"It's better to give than to receive." Let me put this as elegantly as possible: "What a crock!" That statement is total hogwash, and in case you haven't noticed, it's usually propagated by people and groups who want you to give and them to receive. The whole idea is ludicrous. What's better, hot or cold, big or small, left or right, in or out? Giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin. Whoever decided that it is better to give than to receive was simply bad at math. For every giver their must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

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

Every time you get something, give something away.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Do unto others, then run.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

You have to give people the pleasure of giving you.

I don't like people who are just 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.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.

It is better to give blood but receive cash than the other way around.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

Give and ye shall receive.