Generosity Quotes · Page 47

Do not make small goals because they do not have the magic to stir men's souls.

— Spencer W. Kimball

I truly believe that generosity begets generosity. You give before you receive.

— Josh Garrels

Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

— Warren Buffett

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life.

— Eduardo Saverin

I have learned to give, not because I have too much, but because I know the feeling of having nothing.

— Bernajoy Vaal

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country.

— Sathya Sai Baba

I'm on the advisory board of Alex's Lemonade Stand, which is a children's cancer charity. I'm so proud to be on that…

— Kirsten Vangsness

The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.

— Nancy Brinker

It's all about togetherness and to pay the other the necessary respect. If you do that, then we all would feel better.…

— Niko Kovac

Let me think about the people I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me, I still love…

— Ze Frank

You paint the way you have to in order to give. That's life itself, and someone will look and say it is…

— Franz Kline

I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged,…

— Heloise

“X. Labour not as one to whom it is appointed to be wretched, nor as one that either would be pitied, or…

— Marcus Aurelius

We thought: we're poor, we have nothing, but when we started losing one after the other so each day became remembrance day,…

— Anna Akhmatova

Abundance is an expansion of energy. Abundance is a form of gratitude, a generosity, a modesty, a bow toward others - what…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The late King's great service for the Muslim world and his noble deeds of charity and assistance for the poor of humanity…

— Khaleda Zia

As we explore the nature of our gift, our goal is to move toward this kind of giving: cheerful giving that flows…

— Wayne Muller

I had come to realize the importance of the Nation, and of shared, communal, social responsibility, to be held as equally important…

— Thomas Paine

“Every time we do something nice for someone else, even if it is a routine thing they expect, we can do so…

— David Michie

There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking…

— Swami Vivekananda

Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately…

— Wendell Berry

Young people often aren't in a position to write checks to charities. But there are two things they can do that are…

— Nicholas Kristof

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“On Generosity On our own, we conclude: there is not enough to go around we are going to run short of money…

— Walter Brueggemann

“It's for giving something back to me, something I lost before I was able to really have it.”

— Veronica Roth

Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.

— Henry David Thoreau

India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.

— Simon Beaufoy

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

— Thomas Peterffy

It is the camp law: people going to their death must be deceived to the very end. This is the only permissible…

— Tadeusz Borowski

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

— Henry Ward Beecher

You showed me your generosity by giving me money with my card. Thank you.

— Anonymous

Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others.

— Josephine Decker

I always wanted to work in charitable things, community outreach, etc.

— Forrest Griffin

“263A kind word and forgiveness is better than a charitable deed followed by hurtful [words]:”

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself…

— Maria Micah Rosales

On the essentials, unity. On the nonessentials, liberty. In everything, charity.

— Jack Hyles

“Show your compassion to people in their life time; no amount of your tears can serve as compensation when their coffins are…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

— Ryan Reynolds

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“It's the giving that makes one stronger, but sometimes the taking can make one weaker, if even vulnerable or blinding.”

— Anthony Liccione