Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

I'm very giving. Even if it's for nonsense, I'll give it to you.

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.

Give, but give until it hurts.

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

People who give will never be poor.

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions and none will be imposed on you. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.

As it is more blessed to receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.

In the world take always the position of the giver.

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.

Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.

There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.

Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

We receive all we venture to give. And one of the things I've learned over the years is that giving is everything, and taking is nothing.

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.

The mark of true wealth is determined by how much one can give away.

Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

In charity there is no excess.

What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.