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Definition of Giving
Giving

of Give

The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

A gift; a benefaction.

The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.

Related Definitions:
Act, As, Benefaction, Bestowing, Breaking, Conferring, Gift, Give, Imparting, Of, Or, Softening, The, Yielding


Giving Quotations

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa

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

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

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya Angelou

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne Dyer

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain

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.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil Gibran

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
Kahlil Gibran

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Kahlil Gibran

Giving Translations

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


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