Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

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

Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

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

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

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

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Give a portion of your money to others. By releasing an anxious grasp on your money, you will open yourself to receive all that is meant to be yours.

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.

It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

If you give, you will be blessed.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Giving is true having.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.