Generosity Quotes · Page 73

Everyone is giving something. Everyone is giving what has their heart. What I'm giving you is what has my heart.

— John de Ruiter

“People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.”

— Oscar Wilde

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

— Julian Baggini

“Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform”

— Idries Shah

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.

— Henry Taylor

We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others.

— Margaret Thatcher

In this world generous people have no money and those with money are not generous.

— Vikrant Parsai

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell…

— Noreena Hertz

Smiling in your brothers face is an act of charity. So is enjoining good and forbidding evil, giving directions to the lost…

— Zoheb

It is undeniable that every human being is entitled to living space, daily bread, and the protection of the law as a…

— Alfred Delp

None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, "Do…

— Elizabeth Keckley

There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Unfortunately, my dad had a brain tumor, and my father-in-law passed away from leukemia, so I spend a lot of time on…

— Anthony Scaramucci

Saviour! teach me, day by day, Love's sweet lesson to obey; Sweeter lesson cannot be, Loving Him who first loved me. Charity…

— Hugh Latimer

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater,…

— Bret Easton Ellis

Celebrity and charity have been bedfellows for many years. The key is to try and choose practical, sound and effective ones. There…

— Billy Zane

“When we donate to a good cause, it “says” to our associates, “Look, I’m willing to spend my resources for the benefit…

— Kevin Simler

“One of W.A.'s descendants described the mixed blessing of inherited wealth: "I think having such wealth can lead some people to have…

— Bill Dedman

“Selfishness provides materialism, wealth, and attachment, but at the cost of happiness. The ignorant and the naïve choose the path of selfishness…

— Pratap C. Singhal

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I…

— Ben Shapiro

All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity,…

— Jonathan Edwards

I certainly embrace all the movement that's going on these days about equality for women and equal rights. In general, I would…

— Julie Andrews

There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving.

— Nathan Eldon Tanner

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his…

— Confucius

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

— Laura San Giacomo

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

— Voltaire

Once you have known the generosity of existence you will never feel miserable.

— Rajneesh

What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We need to be generous with the women following in our footsteps in the hope that they will be generous with us.

— Tina Sloan

My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the…

— Nikki Reed

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

— Maimonides

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not for receiving. What? Why; Advice.

— Benjamin Franklin

The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of…

— Alfred Armand Montapert

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

— Pope Francis

Charity has always been a expression of the guilty consciences of a ruling class.

— Doris Lessing

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

— Richard Baxter

I'm also very passionate about charity because it helps people who don't have as loud of a voice as I do.

— Demi Lovato