George Eliot Quotes

Goodness is something people take advantage of, and if you want to remain a good person for long, you should make sure that too many people don't take advantage of you because then you turn bitter.

When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

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

Yeah, I'm a giver. I've learned to be selective of the people in my world, because if I love someone, I will give them my blood, whatever they need. In doing so, one can end up with little left for themselves.

Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have it, she abounds with it. She wants this abundance for herself that she may share it with all; and she reserves enough for herself so that she disappoints nobody. For charity is perfect only when full.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.

Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.

When you give to others to the degree that you sacrifice yourself, you make the other person a thief.

When you give people so much, you don't have anything left for yourself.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

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.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

I try to be a good person every day. If you didn't like me, there would be something wrong with you, because I really go out and work as hard as I can to help people. I put myself last - always. I'm a giver all the way.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.