“Having money means more opportunity to practice generosity,” he agrees. “Which is the true cause of wealth.” — David Michie Copy Share Image
Gloucester, we have done deeds of charity, made peace of enmity, fair love of hate, between these swelling wrong-incensed peers. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It wasn't that he was specially ungenerous but that he put things off to give his generosity a longer and more significant… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is. — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I would have none of that rigid circumspect charity which is never done without scrutiny, and which always mistrusts the truth of… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
“One wise truth of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. If you haven't… — Michelle Moore Copy Share Image
Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly,… — Clement Attlee Copy Share Image
When you choose not to forgive... it is you who are forced every day to look at life through contaminated lenses because… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good… — Oren Arnold Copy Share Image
I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends.… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“Anarchists and antiauthoritarians clearly differentiate between charity and solidarity--especially thanks to working with indigenous solidarity movements and other international solidarity movements--based on… — M Copy Share Image
Someone has said that planning is the place where man shows himself most like God. Nothing is more godlike than the planner,… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
I don't know of any other organization that's raised more money than golf has, because if you are a baseball player, you're… — Lee Trevino Copy Share Image
By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Those who applaud social production and networked amateurism, the colorful cacophony that is the Internet, and the creative capacities of everyday people… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
[On dishonest business methods:] ... frequently the defender of the practice falls back on the Christian doctrine of charity, and points out… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
“We understand that being able to help dependent children find what they need can be a gift in itself. Why shouldn’t we… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“When we are depleted our giving is empty. Today I take a moment to recharge, fill up with love for my life… — Lisa Wimberger Copy Share Image
There is an unwritten social rule now that you can harangue the wealthy to give money away, but you mustn't ask how… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy;… — Gianni Agnelli Copy Share Image
“Random acts of kindness are essential to our wellbeing, as they liberate us from self-obsession, selfishness, and isolation; they are the result… — Ed & Deb Shapiro Copy Share Image
“It is the season of giving, a season of love, 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they're contributing as much to the nation's well-being as they did decades… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“When she was drinking his liquor and smoking his cigars, Charity couldn't help warming to Sir Humphrey. She almost forgot what a… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is easy to do things for our own families and loved ones, but to give of our substance for the stranger… — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
“Go on,” he offered magnanimously. “Feel free to piss on yourselves and cower helplessly.” Gods, sometimes his generosity overwhelmed him.” — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards… — Keith Ferrazzi Copy Share Image
Occasionally problems will occur. When it happens to your customers, fix the problem fast. Make it your speed and generosity that gets… — Ron Kaufman Copy Share Image
A single charitable foundation started by one capitalist does more good than a world full of socialists and leftists. Think Carnegie and… — James Cook Copy Share Image
Suppose you endow a charity, or university. You could put your name on it, but you could also endow it in honor… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image