The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.
True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.
We can give without loving, but we can't love without giving. In fact, love is nothing unless we give it to someone.
You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.
Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.
The clipping said forgiveness meant that God is for giving, and that we are here for giving too, and that to withold love or blessings is to be completely delusional.
You must feel love within, before you can share it.
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth, There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.
Make love, take love, but you should give love. And try to live love.
One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.
One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and gives itself to all.
The first problem, of course, is that we haven't learned to love ourselves. That's the first problem. We can only give to another what we have to give. And if we have no love over here, we can't give it over there.
The secret of a happy home is that members of the family learn to give and receive love.
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.
Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others.
Love isn't love until you give it away.
It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.
Love between two people can last a long time if the people love themselves some, and are ready to give love to another person.
My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.
When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.
You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love, invite love to accompany you 24/7. Give away love, and it has to come streaming into your life.
I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.
Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Love isn't love until you give it away.
