May Sarton Quotes

Gifts can incline great hearts.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.

Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

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.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

Love the giver more than the gift.

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.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves - our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Love is sacrifice.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

The New Testament is about loving other people as you love yourself. That means caring for them and looking after them and being kind to them.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.