Merle Shain Quotes

The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.

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

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

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

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.

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

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

Give and ye shall receive.

It is difficult to help a man without hurting his pride. Everyone wants to be a giver and not a receiver.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

When you give, you receive.

To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive.

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

As it is more blessed to receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.

Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.

We have so much love to give, and the more that we give, the more we receive.

No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea.

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.