Giving

1. Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.  Frank A. Clark
2. The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not ‘to have and to hold’ but ‘to give and serve.”   Sir Wilfred T. Grinfell
3. In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.  Flora Edwards
4. One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
    Robert A. Heinlein
5. There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life  happiness, freedom, and peace of mind  are always attained by giving them to someone else.  Peyton Conway March
6. Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  
7. Generosity consist not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed.  Author Unknown
8. Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
9. I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.  Maya Angelou
10. It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.  Mother Teresa
11. The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.  Albert Einstein
12. The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.  Lao Tzu
13. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  Winston Churchill
14. Whatever you spend is gone. What you keep, someone else gets. What you give is yours forever.  Dr. Wil Rose
15. You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.  Kahlil Gibran
16. Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.  Albert Camus
17. To know when to be generous and when to be firm  this is wisdom.  Elbert Hubbard
18. To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.  Benjamin Franklin
19. Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.  Author Unknown 

Gratitude 

1. If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.  Meister Eckhardt
2. You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.  Sarah Ban Breathnach
3. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.  Melody Beattie
4. Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.  Brian Tracy
5. If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.  Rabbi Harold Kushner
6. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.  Oprah Winfrey
7. A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.  Cicero
8. Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.  A. J. Cronin
9. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.  Epictetus
10. If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.  Author Unknown
11. If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.  Author Unknown
12. In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.  Albert Schweitzer
13. In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer
14. It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.  Naomi Williams
15. It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.  Author Unknown
16. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.  Buddha
17. Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.  Ralph Marston
18. None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.  Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
19. People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.  Richard Carlson
20. So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.  Marian Wright Edelman
21. The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.  Wallace D. Wattles
22. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.  William Blake
23. The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.  Henry Ward Beecher
24. What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for itwould 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.  Ralph Marston
25. Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.  Christiane Northrup