Generosity Quotes · Page 64

“We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.”

— Bill Maher

I've set up businesses. I've set up charities. I have actually done the work myself.

— Andrea Leadsom

I may be an atheist, but am not against religion because atheist's have nothing to replace the structure of church charity.

— Anonymous

... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

— George Eliot

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

— J. D. Greear

Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

— Michael Josephson

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

— Benjamin Franklin

With life as short as a half-taken breath, don't plant anything but love.

— Rumi

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the…

— Suze Orman

Sometimes people give to charity because they have been persuaded to believe in a cause, sometimes just to get rid of you…

— Sara Pascoe

“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

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

I have this whole theory that whether it's in your personal life or in your business life, you have to establish a…

— Mindy Grossman

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

— Erik Estrada

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

— Dalai Lama

A sort of moral blackmail is exerted from both poles. The underclass, one gathers, should be dulled with charity and welfare provision…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Nurture others with positive, truthful words. It doesn't cost anything to do so. But mean what you say, and say what you…

— Master Del Pe

Prosperity is an essential partner in civilization itself. It is the basis of leisure, charity, and a hopeful outlook on life. It…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. Thats something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they…

— Bill Maher

Literature is a place for generosity and affection and hunger for equals - not a prizefight ring. We are increased, confirmed in…

— Tillie Olsen

Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“And that’s when things get messy. When people begin moving beyond charity and toward justice and solidarity with the poor and oppressed,…

— Shane Claiborne

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth…

— Nelson Mandela

I have learned to give, not because I have too much, but because I have known the feeling of not having anything.

— Anonymous

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

— Frank A. Clark

What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

— Mary Kay Ash

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

— Michael Parenti

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

— Washington Irving

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

— Theodore Parker

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

— Pope Francis

Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.

— Walter E. Williams

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

— Og Mandino

We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity.

— Muhammad Yunus

The rule of unconditional love; it is in the giving that you make the other person realize.

— Anonymous

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.

— Will Rogers

“The whole of life is to spiritualize our activities by humility and faith, to silence our nature by charity.”

— Thomas Merton

“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.”

— Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri

Out of the freedom from worry that God's generosity provides comes an impulse toward simplicity rather than accumulation.

— John Piper

I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.

— Jennifer Aniston