John Dewey Quotes

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Life can be so good if you let it. But you must trade with life. You give something and you get something, then you give something of yourself again and you receive something again. Life goes bad when people try to take from it without giving. Then they came away empty-handed, and they grab harder and more often, growing more disappointed and disillusioned each time.

If you get something for nothing, part of you may be pleased, but part of you moves your hand to give something back.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

For every giver there must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

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

It was a mutual relationship.

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

You have to give to be able to receive.

It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.

I hope I use them more than they use me.

It is never exactly clear what makes something a quid or a quo.

You need to give to get. Give support to get it. Give praise to receive it. Give your best to get your wishes. Give more love to be beloved. Give to get.

Integration is a give and take.

And what will you give me in return, Severus?' 'In - in return?' Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, 'Anything.

That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.

Just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving.

Abundance is a dance with reciprocity - what we can give, what we can share, and what we receive in the process.

If one desires to receive one must first give. This is called profound understanding.

A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) There’s no such thing as a gift. If I were to take that from you, sooner or later you would ask a favor from me in return. Nothing in life is ever truly given without expectation. (Acheron)

If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

Whatever I have given, I have gained.