Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

I give to everybody. When they call, I give. And do you know what? When I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them, they are there for me.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

Gift giving is one of the oldest forms of human interaction. It is a behaviour all cultures and all classes share.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.

The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.

We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.

Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

When you treat people with massive respect and kindness, amazing to me how they return your respect and kindness 100X...even though you expected zero in return.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment!

When it comes to love, everyone wants to receive it, but at the end of the day, you don't get to receive it until you start to give it. That goes for everything. What you give is what you receive. If you want the drug, you have to give the drug.

May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.

I must say that the more you give, the more you get. Being able to find solutions, to help other people is extremely gratifying.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

One good turne asketh another.

Forget favors given; remember those received.

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy

With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.

Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.