Generosity Quotes · Page 66

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

— Michel de Montaigne

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

— George Eliot

Step into giving. Purpose is about cultivating something within YOU and then GIVING it away to other people.

— Mastin Kipp

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

— Anonymous

Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.

— William Cowper

“Nothing consumes itself so much as generosity, because while you practise it you’re losing the wherewithal to go on practising it.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

In today's Republican Party, there's a term for people who hate charity and love killing: 'Christian.'

— Bill Maher

What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you. Every act of kindness and generosity you show to others…

— Anonymous

The game needs to be funded by sponsors, by members, by broadcasters. There needs to be a commercial relationship between the FFA…

— Frank Lowy

“We have replaced the religious passions with Christian social virtues, and to talk of Man’s triumph in terms of mercy, charity, or…

— Bill Hopkins

We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism:…

— Bart Starr

Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His…

— Yasmin Mogahed

“Charity In charity lies happiness and bliss, If you haven’t done charity, you may miss, The power to love and share, Charity…

— Ron Sen

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they…

— Lewis Thomas

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

These self-appointed deacons in the Church of Latter-Day American Literature seem to regard generosity (of words) with suspicion, texture with dislike, and…

— Stephen King

“The author points to the impact of what he called Dutch disease, where the discovery of found wealth from a particular commodity…

— Daniel Yergin

“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind,…

— Rafe Esquith

I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the…

— Laurie Graham

“No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of the child. The effort…

— Emma Goldman

I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, "Don't punish yourself. You're going to be a student…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

“Giving tells the Universe that you believe you are provided for. For even as you empty your purse, you fear not. The…

— Mike Dooley

“Smith, you don't realize it's a privilege to practice giving presents to others.' The way he did it was charming; there was…

— Jack Kerouac

I'm not kidding - once you discover the pleasure of giving, how gratifying and satisfying it is, it becomes addictive.

— Haim Saban

I give a tenth of my salary to charity every month, so in terms of giving back, I do my best.

— Wilfried Zaha

“rule of four when it came to gift giving—something you want and something you need, something to wear and something to read.”

— Lori Wilde

Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.

— Virginia Woolf

No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.

— Catherine McAuley

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

— Clare Boothe Luce

The things we hope for lead us to faith, while the things we hope in lead us to charity.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

real misery delights not in reproaches and complaints. It is like charity and love - silent, long suffering and mild.

— Lady Caroline Lamb

Giving something without promising is better than promising something before giving.

— Vikrant Parsai

Even a Smile :) is a charity soo people y not donate when ever you can :)

— Rosie

“I distrust official charity. All charity should be done by stealth.”

— Romain Rolland

I think we're giving people something new that people didn't know was out there before.

— Brit Hume

Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.

— John Stott

Selfless giving is friendliness. An attitude towards life, a reverence for life. It is one of the highest of all ways.

— Frederick Lenz

I get angry when someone calls me only rich.. I am happy with my social personality and my generosity.

— Sak?p Sabanc

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity.

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable