Nadine Gordimer Quotes

To give somebody your time is the biggest gift you can give.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

Love the giver more than the gift.

It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

It could have been me. And just the hope and prayers that, you know, if, if the shoes were switched, that you know, Laci would do the same thing for me.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.

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

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it.

I will give you the best I have.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

Feed your brothers and sisters simply, graciously, with generous care, and you will secure a place in their heart.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.