As a rule, only the poor are generous.

The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar…

— Zach Braff

In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution…

— Edmund Burke

I would have none of that rigid circumspect charity which is never done without scrutiny, and which always mistrusts the truth of the necessities…

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum.

— Jack Monroe

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

— Anonymous

Businesses acting as businesses, not as charitable donors, are the most powerful force for addressing the pressing issues society face(s)

— Tony Elumelu

Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an…

— F. A. Harper

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

— James Cook

I think more and more people are becoming much more sensitive to what they do with their money when they die, especially if they…

— Angela Rippon

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness…

— Anonymous

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

— Anonymous

I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society…

— Rohini Nilekani

Love doesnt stake claims. It is free for the giving

— Melody Minagar

“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…

— Suzy Kassem

“Secure-attachment 7Rs show more generosity than average. Thus 7R has something to do with generosity—but its effect is entirely context dependent.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky