43 You Get What You Give Quotes for Inspiration and Meaning

Do you believe in Karma? Do you believe that whatever you put out into the universe will come back tenfold? Or are you on the other side of the fence and more pragmatic? Read the 43 quotes below to see if you change your mind.

Many people believe that no matter what they do in life, it doesn't have any boomerang effect on them. However, some truly believe that every good and bad action has a reaction. Many of these individuals adhere to beliefs such as the Law of Attraction.

However, it doesn't always have to be attached to these types of beliefs. Treating people with kindness does increase your chances of receiving kindness back; doing favors for others does increase the chances of them doing so in the future, just by virtue of creating an increasing rapport with individuals.

While we shouldn't just be doing kind things for others in exchange for payback, it still proves that what we put there, we will most likely get back. Read these 43 following quotes to find out more.

Isabel Allende's quote: "We only have what we give." | Image: AmoDays

Generosity Quotes

"You get what you give, and what you give determines what you get back. There is no other option for it." — Thomas Aquinas

"Men are only as they give. He who gives great service gets great returns." — Elbert Hubbard

"If you want to receive, give something back. If you want to give, then don't be shy and just do it. What goes around comes around." — Alejandro Jodorowsky

"The power of giving is the power to receive." — Anthony Robbins

"We only have what we give." — Isabel Allende

Thomas Aquinas’ quote: “You get what you give, and what you give determines what you get back. There is no other option for it." | Image: AmoDays

"Giving freely and giving with a good heart will never go unrewarded." — James Clear

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward." — Khalil Gibran

"The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own." — Lao Tzu

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." — Winston S. Churchill

The Universe and Your Mindset Quotes

Zig Ziglar’s quote: "Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap." | Image: AmoDays

"The universe is based on fair exchange. What you give, you will get." — Guruji Sri Sri Poonamji

"You reap what you sow: Life is like a boomerang. Our thoughts, deeds, and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy." — Grant M. Bright

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think about. When the consciousness of men and women is transformed, new vistas of possibilities open up before us." — Albert Einstein

"Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap." — Zig Ziglar

"As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment." — Joseph Murphy

Guruji Sri Sri Poonamji’s quote: "The universe is based on fair exchange. What you give, you will get." | Image: AmoDays

"Keep expecting and believing that your due season is coming. Declare that the good you have harvested in your life will manifest." — Germany Kent.

"We don't find love; love finds us. What you put out into the universe will find its way back to you." — Raneem Kayyali

Quotes about Love

"If you love someone, let them go; for if they return, then they were always yours. And if they don't, then they never were." — Khalil Gibran

"Make everything you do into an act of love." — Mother Teresa

"The love you send into the world, you will find, is the love that returns to you." — Avina Celeste

Khalil Gibran’s quote: "If you love someone, let them go; for if they return, then they were always yours. And if they don't, then they never were." | Image: AmoDays

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." — Amy Carmichael

"To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own." — Abraham Lincoln

"We don't find love; love finds us. What you put out into the universe will find its way back to you." — Raneem Kayyali

Quotes about Karma

"I'm a true believer in Karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good." — Sandra Bullock

"I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well." — Yannick Noah

Sandra Bullock’s quote: "I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good." | Image: AmoDays

"If you give a good thing to the world, then over time your karma will be good, and you'll receive well." — Russell Simmons

What Goes around Comes around Quotes

"You get what you give. Likewise, I die so that I may live; I live so that I may die. There are no other possibilities for us." — Francisco De Goya

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." — Maya Angelou

"The best way to gain favor with people is to treat them kindly." — Benjamin Franklin

"Weigh your words before you speak, for those you speak may be the last ones you hear." — Malcolm Forbes

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." — Robert Louis Stevenson

Francisco De Goya’s quote: “You get what you give. Likewise, I die so that I may live; I live so that I may die. There are no other possibilities for us." | Image: AmoDays

"People who don't know how to give good advice cannot be good friends." — Sigmund Freud

"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way." — Mary Anne Radmacher

"Mirror: You get what you give, reflections are many, the image is one." — Kansy

"Life is like a garden; you reap what you sow." — Paulo Coelho

Maya Angelou’s quote: "When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” | Image: AmoDays

"All the things we do not want to hear are all the things that need saying." — Virginia Woolf

"To give your best is to receive the best." — Raymond Holliwell

"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive." — Robert Louis Stevenson

"Show a little faith in someone when they need it. It's amazing how it comes back around to you." — Garon Whited

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of others." — Charles Dickens

Jim Rohn’s quote: “If you don't like what you are reaping, you had better change what you have been sowing." | Image: AmoDays

"You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them." — Jennifer Lopez

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give." — Maya Angelou

"If you don't like what you are reaping, you had better change what you have been sowing." — Jim Rohn

Raneem Kayyali’s quote: “We don’t find love; love finds us. What you put out into the universe will find its way back to you." | Image: AmoDays

Whether you believe in Karma, the Law of Attraction, or that all of this is complete nonsense, there is truth in the fact that being generous, kind, and thinking positively will make you feel good in and of itself. In other words, you don't need an external reward for your good deeds.

Think about the last time you made someone smile. At that moment, were you thinking about how you were going to get rewarded? If you're still cynical, take a break from reality and read these 53 fairy quotes to remind you that magic exists.