15 Quotes About the Beauty of Giving and Receiving

Inforeport
3 min readNov 7, 2022

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Take a moment to let these quotes about receiving gifts inspire you to treasure the joys in both acts this holiday season.

Gift-giving is a part of our lives, and it plays an important role in birthdays and other annual celebrations. Why do we give presents?

According to science, it’s not just about the receiver; giving makes us feel good. In fact, the more thought that goes into the gift, the closer the giver feels to the recipient, even if the recipient isn’t as moved.

General Quotes About Giving and Receiving

Barry Lopez, About This Life

“If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that — warm things, kind things, sweet things — help and comfort and laughter — and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“Remember, a book is always a gift.”

Sheridan Hay, The Secret of Lost Things

“Gracious acceptance is an art — an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving…. Accepting another person’s gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.”

Alexander McCall Smith, Love Over Scotland

“Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one’s resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion. The more one gives, the more one has to give.”

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

“The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn’t pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that’s why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.”

Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

“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, The Prophet

“The mutual practice of giving and receiving is an everyday ritual when we know true love.”

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Originally published at https://dailytimepoems.com on November 7, 2022.

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