Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give not grudgingly, or of necessity for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
. . . not by way of the forced and worn formula of Romaticism, but throught the closeness of an imagination that has never broken kinship with nature. Art must accept such gifts, and revaluate the giver.
Love the giver more than the gift.
And you receiversand you are all receiversassume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
Ibn Abbas said, 'La ilaha ill'llah means there is no benefactor, no harmer, no exalter, no debaser, no giver, and no preventer except God.'
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
In doing one's work primarily for God, the fear of undue restriction is put, sooner or later, out of the question. He pays me and He pays me well. He pays me and He will not fail to pay me. He pays me not merely for the rule of thumb task, which is all that men recognize, but to everything else I bring to my job in the way of industry, good intentions and cheerfulness. If the Lord loveth a cheerful giver, as St. Paul says, we may depend upon it that He loveth a cheerful worker and where we can cleave the way to His love there we find His endless generosity.
For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.
Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.
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