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10 Quotes That Inspire The Spirit of Giving

Written by Kelly Holt | 23 December, 2015

This time of year it’s so easy to get caught up in Christmas decorations and parties that we forget what the season is actually about - giving.  Whether that means giving gifts to good friends and family, donations of money to charities, or even your time and compassion to those in need, it is an important gesture we shouldn’t over look. These 10 quotes help remind us what what the holidays are all about:

“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”

- Janice Maeditere


“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


“It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.”

- Adrian Grenier


“No one has ever become poor by giving.”

- Anne Frank


“Your greatness is not what you have, but in what you give.”

- Alice Hocker


We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

- Winston S. Churchill


"Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others."

- Brian Tracy


“In this world it’s not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”

- Henry Ward Beecher


“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.”

- Ruth Carter Stapleton


“There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.”

- Henry Drummond