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Giver Quotes - Page 2

You can change things, you can make things better.

"Fictional character: The Giver". "The Giver", www.imdb.com. 2014.

A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.

"De Beneficiis". Book by Seneca the Younger, I. 1,

God is the greatest giver in the universe, He won’t let you outgive Him.

Randy Alcorn (2012). “The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving”, p.78, Multnomah

Nature is good, but intellect is better, as the law-giver is before the law-receiver.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.229, Penguin

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.

Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1858). “The life and letters of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography and select correspondence, from original manuscripts”, p.319

The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.

"Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo: Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair". Interview With Peter Guest, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2012.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

Lois Lowry (2014). “The Giver Movie Tie-In Edition”, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

"Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, I. 5, 1779.

Every gift requires two freedoms: the giver's and the receiver's.

Peter Kreeft (2016). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.79, Ignatius Press