Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.”
As quoted in "I never asked for power" in The Guardian (15 August 2002)
Context: I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is that we want to give love and we receive love.
“Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.”
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.”
Source: One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity
“O lady! we receive but what we give
And in our life alone does Nature live.”
St. 4
Dejection: An Ode (1802)
“[Connecting is] a constant process of giving and receiving -- of asking for and receiving help.”
Never Eat Alone
“When we give trust, we receive trust. And people who trust us pay attention to us.”
Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 33.
As quoted in Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction https://books.google.com/books?id=Tpb7HAIhWHgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=9780199843282&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz1ILxqfLcAhVDnuAKHda9Ai0Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=9780199843282&f=false (2012), by Allen C. Guelzo, Chapter One
"The Jury System" (February 1890)
Context: In this, our land, we are called upon to give but little in return for the advantages which we receive. Shall we give that little grudgingly? Our definition of patriotism is often too narrow. Shall the lover of his country measure his loyalty only by his service as a soldier? No! Patriotism calls for the faithful and conscientious performance of all of the duties of citizenship, in small matters as well as great, at home as well as upon the tented field.
