Generosity Quotes · Page 47

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

— Orison Swett Marden

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves.

— Ross MacDonald

Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.

— Lord Chesterfield

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.

— William Beveridge

Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

— Madame de Stael

Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.

— Warren Buffett

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity.

— Michael Leunig

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

— Abraham Lincoln

Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is…

— Swami Vivekananda

To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible,…

— Maximus the Confessor

“If you want to call attention to your good deed then it isn't a good deed, it's a self-serving one. Why? Not…

— Donna Lynn Hope

I feel like that giving-back component really keeps me sharp, because that's the greatest feeling that I can feel - to help…

— Darren Waller

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or…

— Rachel Simmons

“If you are working inwardly, Nature will help you. For the man who is working, Nature is sister of charity; she brings…

— G.I. Gurdjieff

Forgiveness is the most effective way of dealing with arguments; altruism and forgiveness bring humanity together so that no conflict, however serious,…

— Dalai Lama

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand…

— Erik Estrada

Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his…

— Spencer W. Kimball

Would we hold liberty, we must have charity- charity to others, charity to ourselves, crawling up from the moist ovens of a…

— Learned Hand

“I'm going to bed tonight grateful for warmth, an advantage so expected it barely registers. May my privileges continue to drive me…

— Jen Hatmaker

Initiate giving. Don't wait for someone to ask. See what happens - especially to you. You may find that you gain a…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Dating is like trying to catch a fish. Some guys go to the gym and have huge muscles and six-pack abs, and…

— Brandon Wade

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear…

— Nelson Mandela

Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such…

— Gordon Wu

I care about a lot of things and I try to give to different charities, but I've picked my team - child…

— Lucy Beaumont

Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.

— Bryan Adams

Philanthropy is to give without being asked. Giving at asking is a compliment.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have a festival called Shaggy and Friends, which is a charity event to raise funds for a hospital.

— Shaggy

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

— Isabel Allende

“I am infinitely more touched by your extreme generosity than with the inhumanity of that gentleman”

— Voltaire

My favorite online communities are characterized by their incredible generosity.

— Caterina Fake

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”

— Albert Camus

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

— Anne Baxter

I've been doing charity work since I'm 20 years old, and now I want to help kids.

— Brian Ortega

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing…

— Mother Teresa

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generosity.

— Henry James

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

“Cold, truthful common sense was harder to like than warm, hopeful generosity.”

— Trudi Canavan

“We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.”

— Gyalwa Dokhampa