Reciprocity Quotes

“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
― Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

“Sometimes loneliness makes the loudest noise.”
― Aaron Ben-Ze'ev

“While we are threading our way through the vagaries of life, our shortage of reciprocity and solidarity may corner us into breaches of culpability. We can eschew this and kindle a dream of universalism that does not impose itself but emerges from the world's numerous cultural and topical particularities and enable us to compare, discern, and identify, allowing us to marvel at the diversity. In this way, we can embrace universal recognition, human understanding, peace of mind, and compassion with others and with ourselves. ("I only needed a light ")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal.”
― James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

“THE UNFORGIVEN


Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people:

The kind who take and don't give.
The kind to whom you give and give,
And they keep asking.
The kind to whom you give and give and they say you gave nothing.
The kind whom have never offered anything,
But act like they're the ones providing
EVERYTHING.

The kind you give and give,
But take more than you can give.
And when they have already taken everything,
They get mad at you when you say you have
Nothing more to give.

The unforgiving,
The misgiving,
Wastefully living -
And selfishly driven.
The rat that never gives back,
Yet is so quick to attack -
Because they think the word
TAKING
Seriously means
GIVING.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable final offer from the opponent, yet is not so outlandish as to be seen as illegitimate from the start.”
― Robert Cialdini, Influence

“On No Work of Words

On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody
Belly of the rich year and the big purse of my body
I bitterly take to task my poverty and craft:

To take to give is all, return what is hungrily given
Puffing the pounds of manna up through the dew to heaven,
The lovely gift of the gab bangs back on a blind shaft.

To lift to leave from the treasures of man is pleasing death
That will rake at last all currencies of the marked breath
And count the taken, forsaken mysteries in a bad dark.

To surrender now is to pay the expensive ogre twice.
Ancient woods of my blood, dash down to the nut of the seas
If I take to burn or return this world which is each man's work.”
― Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems

“Know that you get second chances so that you may change the art of your interaction, not so that others might finally treat you with the loving respect you deserve (and you do deserve loving respect).”
― Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.”
― David Brin

“...she grasped the terrible truth that love can never be compelled, from man, from sprite, from beast; that one who loves, however she longs for requital, however long she waits, may receive in return the reverse of what she gives, the dark side of the moon.”
― Thomas Burnett Swann, The Weirwoods

“Perhaps the most legitimately dispiriting thing about reciprocal altruism is that it is a misnomer. Whereas with kin selection the "goal" of our genes is to actually help another organism, with reciprocal altruism the goal is that the organism be left under the impression that we've helped; the impression alone is enough to bring the reciprocation.”
― Robert Wright

“Life is not only about giving; but also mastering the art of receiving.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Never undermine opportunities to receive.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“God only gives to those willing to receive.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Your inability to develop a receiving heart will always limit what you could get from God.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“What you receive dies with you, but what you give lives after you.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Giving always enriches the one who gives.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“couples, dating, friend, friendship, love, marriage, partners, reciprocity, relationship”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Once you give out what you have, you open up your treasures to receive abundance in greater proportions.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Learning to give is the easiest way we can grow.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“The two basic pillars for the Law of Reciprocity are giving and the other is receiving. These two pillars come together to make what is called sharing.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Your friendships become as rich and enduring as your application of the law of reciprocity.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Have the humility to receive from your friends no matter how little they contribute to your life.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Successful friendships are established on both giving and receiving. Develop a heart to give not only to receive.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Friendships dwell on the law of reciprocity.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Every friendship will have an impact on your life.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Those who make withdrawals without making deposits, eventually find the relationship empty for future withdrawals”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“Making deposits in relationships are as important as making withdrawals.”
― John Arthur, The Law Of Reciprocity

“I am not sure that energy company executives who say they want to understand the concerns of Indigenous people can actually do so unless they can grasp the emotional weight and social obligations carried by people who balance on the knife-edge of permanent cultural loss.”
― Ryan Emanuel, On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice