“Only when you give from the heart does it make the giving whole.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
A single week of Oprah takes you from bondage to all the violent terrors of life, to escape through vicarious encounters with… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
“The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing. God only knows why more people don't do it… — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
“So there was but one way of setting matters right, as Mr Malison had generosity enough left in him to perceive; and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that… — Kodo Sawaki Copy Share Image
We should wipe two words from our vocabulary: gratitude and charity. In real life, help is given out of friendship, or it… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
“We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
“givers always score high on other-interest, but they vary in self-interest. There are two types of givers, and they have dramatically different… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly. — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image
“Giving tells the Universe that you believe you are provided for. For even as you empty your purse, you fear not. The… — Mike Dooley Copy Share Image
What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver; what you give… — Jewish Proverb Copy Share Image
The Unitarian Church has done more than any other church to substitute character for creed, and to say that a man should… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Charity does not mean doing good to him who does good to you, for this is to return good for good. Charity… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it… — Ernest Bevin Copy Share Image
Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He… — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Inspiration The beautiful thing about inspiration is that we can live our everyday life with more courage and generosity.” — Amar Ochani Copy Share Image
“If practiced correctly, generosity can induce feelings of shame, inadequacy, and even envy, to name just a few.” — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“We may, indeed, be sure that perfect chastity—like perfect charity—will not be attained by any merely human efforts. You must ask for… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Before 1935 over half of all welfare came from private charity. Now the figure is less than 1 percent.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe that we all need to do charitable work. It should be taken seriously in the area of education, as someone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“One flashy kind of commitment device is the “nuclear option.” A friend who enjoys experimenting with strategies of personal productivity used this… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Kids can learn a lot about necessities and wants by recognizing what people live without. A common routine, but one that should… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“To ‘give up’ on the idea of ‘giving up’ is the first step in ‘getting up.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Selfless giving is being nice and there are times we don't want to be. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
