The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs.

When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander." "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio." But he answered Darius that the earth could not bear two suns, nor Asia two kings.

... it is not just that man be given what he throws away.

Better to give then to take.

James Russell Lowell wrote: It’s not what we give but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of himself of his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

It is always thought that he gave more than what he received, but to give something, you must have something inside.

Kebahagiaan sejati tidak terletak pada apa yang Anda peroleh, tetapi pada apa yang Anda berikan.

He was a man who looked at what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by a man's acts.

If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.

[I]f there be any truer measure of a man, than by what he does, it must be, by what he gives.