Seneca the Younger Quotes

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

Today, and everyday, I give that which I want to receive.

Once you've given advice to someone, you're obligated.

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

When we are unable to receive, we deny someone else the pleasure of giving.

It costs you something to do good!

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

You have to give love to get love.

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

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

For it is in giving that we receive.

He who gives love, receives love.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.

I don't like people who are just takers.