“Being giving is a big quality. Being too giving is a big mistake!” — Rossana Condoleo Copy Share Image
Oxytocin is lauded for how it promotes warmth, generosity, social bonding, cooperation, trust, and compassion. — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better. — Henry Spencer Copy Share Image
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others... — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone,… — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
“In specific moments of ground-level clarity, I recognize the dumbing down of the nation for what it is: an act of charity… — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
What a tremendous act of generosity on the part of the donors who made this possible and what a tremendous opportunity for… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Usually, what people in the public eye do is pick two charities and just exclusively work for them. But that means you… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Charity knew that she had to be up early in the morning. And she knew that a weepy, silly, ridiculously old-fashioned love… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from God's grace and God's love for… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“We may, indeed, be sure that perfect chastity—like perfect charity—will not be attained by any merely human efforts. You must ask for… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The giving and receiving is the tricky thing. It's not the gift. It's what the heart says in giving the gift, and… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Although goal setting can clearly be overdone, only a few people are overly involved with goals and goal setting; most people do… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Celebrate deeds of mercy and justice. We live in a time when public esteem of the church is plummeting. For many outsiders… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“In the case of a charity, you must give without any conditions.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
