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Definition of Giving

Giving

  1. of Give
  2. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
  3. A gift; a benefaction.
  4. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.

Giving Quotations

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
Henri Nouwen

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Albert Einstein

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother Teresa

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Giving Translations

giving in French is donnant
giving in German is eingebend, gebend, gebend
giving in Swedish is givande

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