Generosity Quotes

Forgiveness proceeds from a generous soul.

A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.

The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

No one has ever become poor from giving.

That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, "I'll pay you back," I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back.

Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.

Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.

But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

Never resist a generous impulse.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

If you are not generous when it's difficult, you will not be generous when it's easy. Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet.

If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

Everyone can afford to give away a smile.

Through the history of our nation, Americans have always extended their hands in gestures of assistance.

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.

Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from what is in excess In order to make good of what is deficient. Who can take what they have in excess and offer it to others?

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

All that is not given is lost.

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

Somebody says, 'Well, I can't be concerned about other people. About the best I can do is to take care of myself' Well, then you will always be poor.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.

People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous person do not change your income. Change your heart.

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near.

There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.

The more we bestow the richer we become.

A person's level of income and their desire to give have nothing to do with one another.

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

A noble shalt thou have, and present pay;And liquor likewise will I give to thee,And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood.

We can only give away to others what we have inside ourselves.

Nothing is really ours until we share it.

Real love begins where nothing is expected in return.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I've got. Somebody's got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain't got this, somebody ain't got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair.

I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.

Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.

No villainous bounty yet hath passed my heart;Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given.