Giving may refer to:
- Gift, the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return
- Generosity, the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return
- Charity (practice), the giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver
- Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a book by Bill Clinton
- Giving (album), an album by Colm Ó Snodaigh
Famous quotes containing the word giving:
“I do not see why, since America and her autumn woods have been discovered, our leaves should not compete with the precious stones in giving names to colors; and, indeed, I believe that in course of time the names of some of our trees and shrubs, as well as flowers, will get into our popular chromatic nomenclature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)