Better To Give Than To Receive Quotes

#1. The Mexicans gave the Spaniards malaria, and the Spaniards gave the Mexicans smallpox, whooping cough, diphtheria, and syphilis. The Spaniards believed it was better to give than to receive.

Will Cuppy

#2. Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

Sugar Ray Leonard

#3. It is better to give than to receive." - Liars

Ellen DeGeneres

#4. God let it be known that it is better to give than to receive, but a lot of people failed to get the message.

Edmund Wattis Littlefield

#5. I feel much better to give than to receive. That's why I'm much more happier now as a coach than I ever was as a fighter.

Duane Ludwig

#6. In Battle, as in charity, it is better to give than to receive.

Kevin Hearne

#7. It's not better to give than to receive. It's insane to try to give and not receive.

Bob Burg

#8. What the Bible says is really true-it's better to give than to receive.

Ted Turner

#9. It turns out that the Bible is right - "It is better to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). People generally do find greater joy in giving freely to others than they do in rampant self-indulgence.

Francis Chan

#10. Cut my pie into four pieces, I don't think I could eat eight.

Yogi Berra

#11. 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.

Ram Dass

#12. It is better to give than receive- especially advice.

Mark Twain

#13. I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.

Gail Carriger

#14. There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.

Sebastiao Salgado

#15. One of the most valuable gifts that a person can give (or receive) is a productive mentality. It is with a productive mentality that people change their lives for the better, in ways profound.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#16. That's sad," said Montag, quietly,(referring to The Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know.

Ray Bradbury

#17. Sometimes, self-pity was so ingrained in people that nothing could persuade them to take joy out of living.

Mary Balogh

#18. They say talk is cheap. Maybe so. But kindness is even better - it's free! Free to give. Free to receive. Makes you wonder why there's not more of it, huh?

Jerry Spinelli

#19. It is crazy even to ask what creativity is. It would be just as useful to interview a caraway plant in your garden and ask: "How did you decided to be a spice?"

Eeva Kilpi

#20. And it is utterly true that he who cannot find wonder, mystery, awe, the sense of a new world and an undiscovered realm in the places by the Gray's Inn Road will never find these secrets elsewhere ...

Arthur Machen

#21. It's good to receive compliments, and it's even better to give them.

Jason Harvey

#22. Coercing attitude drains your strength.

Toba Beta

#23. It ain't bragging if you can do it.

Dizzy Dean

#24. I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.

Tania Raymonde

#25. My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of concious certainty. With your word you pierced my heart, and I loved you. But heaven and earth and everything in them on all sides tell me to love you.

Saint Augustine

#26. It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

Kahlil Gibran

#27. I brought Bhagawad Gita as a gift for the Japanese PM ... I don't have anything better than Gita to give & nor does the World has anything better to receive.

Narendra Modi

#28. There are some things in life where it's better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.

Al Michaels

#29. I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.

Daisy Fuentes

#30. She only felt that the candle would burn better, the packing go easier, the world be happier, if she could give and receive some human love.

E. M. Forster

#31. We all need support, in the workplace and beyond it. When we both give and receive, we stand a much better chance of survival.

Gary Chapman

#32. One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

Joseph Epstein

#33. To tell you the Truth: It's better to give rather than to receive.

Amado Nervo

#34. But now I saw the real problem with chasing after a man. It wasn't a matter of being unseemly or socially unacceptable or not playing the game right. It was just this: if I chase him, I'll never really know if he cares enough to chase me.

Laura Jensen Walker

#35. It is better to give blood but receive cash than the other way around.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

#36. It is better to give a lick than receive one. If anybody got in my way, I tried to run right through them.

Bo Jackson

#37. It's better to give before you receive.

Keith Ferrazzi

#38. Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit.

Keith Ferrazzi