Jane Austen Quotes

I give you something, but I don't want you to give me something tomorrow. When I give something, it's because I want to give it.

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.

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

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

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

Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.

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

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

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

I want my music to feel like I'm giving something to someone else and not that I'm expecting something back.

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.

I don't like people who are just takers.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

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

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

When I give I give myself.

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

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

Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for.

If you do a good deed, don't expect anything back - the other person can still be a complete git.

Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else's face.

You don't know me, but I know about you...I can't make you live longer. I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me.

Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you.