Top 1200 Giving And Receiving Quotes & Sayings

I do know that love, whether you're giving it or receiving it, or both, it is the ultimate healer.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

I'm not a great stickler for giving or receiving presents on birthdays, anniversaries, etc. as a 'must do.' I prefer giving a gift without occasion if I feel it's something a friend will like.

The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.

Acting is communication. It's giving and receiving.

When I feel the joy of receiving a gift my heart nudges me to join creation's ballet, the airy dance of giving and receiving, and getting and giving again.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

What makes the Dead Sea dead? Because it is all the time receiving, never giving out anything. Why is it that many Christians are cold? Because they are all the time receiving, never giving out anything.

Giving kindness does as much good as receiving it...Kind people are healthier and live longer.

It is necessary to give freely if we are to receive freely. The law of receiving includes giving. The knowledge that substance is omnipresent and that people cannot, therefore, impoverish themselves by giving (but rather will increase their supply) will enable us to give freely and cheerfully.

Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.

Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.

Giving and receiving love is vital to human existence. It is the glue that binds couples, families, communities, cultures, and nations.

Hanael, the Angel of December, will help us enjoy the balance of giving and receiving in many different ways: working and relaxing, giving our support to others and allowing ourselves to receive it in our own lives, having run with friends and having a quiet time alone to replenish our energy.

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

Man must know the principle of Creation: giving between each interchanging opposite half of each cycle for the purpose of repeating its giving. This is universal law and each individual must manifest this law. Man will forever war with man until he learns to give his all with the full expectation of equal receiving, and never taking that which is not given as an earned reward for his giving.

I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way.

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one.

The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates.

The intention behind our giving and receiving is the most important thing. When the act of giving is joyful, when it is unconditional and from the heart, then the energy behind the giving increases many times over. But if we give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving. If we feel we have lost something through the act of giving, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase.

Service or giving is the other side of receiving. Giving and receiving is a full circle: a full circle feels more natural than a half circle.

You must give if you want to receive. Let the center of your being be one of giving, giving, giving. You can't give too much, and you will discover you cannot give without receiving.

If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.

Giving and receiving are different expressions of the same flow of energy in the universe.

Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas the former is a cold and deliberate choice of the heart.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

The act of true giving is indistinguishable from receiving.

Although some people think that life is a battle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

I know waterboarding is torture because I have been on the giving and receiving end of the practice.

The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.

Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living.

The moment the door opened I knew an ass-kicking was inevitable. Whether I'd be giving it or receiving it was still a bit of a mystery.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.

There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

The soul lives forever by giving, not receiving. This is the grand paradox. You get most by giving most. Conversely, by receiving much you impoverish yourself. By selfish accumulation you become bankrupt.

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.

Always fight for quality, whether giving or receiving.

When our communication supports compassionate giving and receiving, happiness replaces violence and grieving.

A balance of giving and receiving is essential to keeping your energy, mood and motivation at a consistently high level.

To receive more, we must give out what we receive. . . . For it is by giving that we set in operation the unfailing law of measure for measure. With no thought of receiving, it is impossible to avoid receiving, for the abundance you have given is returned to you in fulfillment of the law.

What are we going to get out of life? This can understandably be a question of fundamental importance to us. We begin with certain basic needs and desires. It is important to have a comfortable home, plenty of food, a meaningful and well-paying job, comfort, companionship, and joy. However, many of us have not fully realized a simple, basic principle: for our receiving to take place, we must first give. Giving and receiving are two aspects of the same law of life.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

One glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, unites all creatures.

Giving is not at all interesting; but receiving is, there is no doubt about it, delightful.

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.

I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

The fourth doorway is the Doorway of Openness located in our heart center. It has to do with being open to both giving and receiving love. It's not just about being able to give, but it's also about the ability to be open to receive. There's a certain vulnerability in receiving. When we truly take in and appreciate all of the gifts of life, then our hearts are truly open in love.

The giving and receiving is the tricky thing. It's not the gift. It's what the heart says in giving the gift, and from my point of view, one doesn't give or receive - that's a role we have to play. But the gift - it's God's gift. I think that it's better to be souls than roles.

It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In fact, being given to can mean being taken from. There is a very strong connection between pride and giving, and those who do the giving get to feel that they are worthy, while those who are given to often feel that they are not.