Generosity Quotes · Page 72

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

— Washington Irving

There is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head.

— Peter Singer

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.

— John Wanamaker

Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

— Maria Edgeworth

“You are giving up nothing! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”

— Liz Hemingway

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

— Anthony Daniels

I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.

— Sam Simon

The power of giving is contagious...You can give it away and not lose anything

— Chester Bennington

My wife and I have already set up a charity back in Denmark - Fodbold Fonden - and now, through Common Goal,…

— Kasper Schmeichel

Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Think about what you have, not about what you don't. Because what you have comes from God's generosity, and what you don't…

— Anonymous

There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations, that launder money through charities and make donations to charities. That's…

— Jim Flaherty

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a…

— Katharine McPhee

The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to…

— Evelyn Underhill

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving…

— Deepak Chopra

At this critical time, I am grateful to Sandra Bullock for once again demonstrating her leadership, compassion and belief in our global…

— Sandra Bullock

“Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances…

— G.K. Chesterton

Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies.…

— Blake Mycoskie

Each of us, as we journey through life, has the opportunity to find and to give his or her unique gift. Whether…

— Helen M. Luke

“The kindness that we receive from others in life, is also the kindness that we will want to give. The harshness that…

— C. JoyBell C

He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of…

— Baruch Spinoza

Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people…

— Francis Chan

“When people assume that others aren’t givers, they act and speak in ways that discourage others from giving, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.…

— Adam M. Grant

“in practical life, of doubtful nature. An act of charity, for example, might do others some sort of damage, as is often…

— Kaiten Nukariya

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

— Padgett Powell

“We're stealing time from those who love us and giving it to those who don't. Our”

— Phil Callaway

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

— Sophie Swetchine

Through radical generosity, we are awakening in people an in built divine consciousness of His goodness.

— Bill Johnson

“Maybe we try to find them in other people. In kindness and generosity; those things don't disappear.”

— Anthony Marra

“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.”

— Rupertus Meldenius

The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.

— George W. Bush

I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.

— Jonathan Kozol

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

— Napoleon Hill

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I clear my wardrobe of anything I'm not wearing and give the clothes to charity.

— Domenico Dolce

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

We must not let the things we can't do keep us from doing the things we can do.

— Richard L. Evans

I've always been a giving man; it doesn't cost me anything and it's a pleasure to give what I know.

— Chris Eubank Sr

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. -Simone Weil”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

— Tahir Shah