#giving

He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting. –--Manet to Monet, on Renoir--- ↗

— Edouard Manet

#giving-up #art

Gift giving is a true art. 1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift. 2. You need to know what they truly want. 3. You must be able to give it to them. Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult. But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could, justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#gift #gift-giving #gifts #art

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#giving #attitude

Does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper His people? Indeed! God increases our yield so that by giving we can prove that our yield is not our god. God does not prosper a man’s business so he can move from a Ford to a Cadillac. God prospers a business so that thousands of unreached peoples can be reached with the gospel. ↗

— John Piper

#giving #mission #missionary #money #wealth

Giving of any kind... taking an action... begins the process of change, and moves us to remember that we are part of a much greater universe. ↗

— Mbali Creazzo

#begin #change #giving #process #remember

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#excel #giving #goodness #heart #how

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#gibran #giving #joy #life #service

People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#human-nature #dreams

This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, 'aw shit, he's up! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#dancing #devil #forgiving #healing #helping

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#forgiveness