Generosity Quotes · Page 83

Most people aren't remembered for what they've done for themselves, they're remembered for what they've done for others and the world.

— Sonya Parker

Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict.

— Peter Breggin

“Anarchists and antiauthoritarians clearly differentiate between charity and solidarity--especially thanks to working with indigenous solidarity movements and other international solidarity movements--based on…

— M

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

— Abraham Lincoln

Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.

— Jacques Diouf

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not real…

— Haruki Murakami

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it.

— Elise Broach

You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have…

— Anne Lamott

When we pray God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives more than we imagine...in his own time…

— Anonymous

Don't give everything to a person that isn't giving you anything.

— Sonya Parker

To generous souls every task is noble.

— Euripides

Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.

— Philip Sidney

You have to have a positive strategy to make more partners and fewer terrorists. Harry Truman and George Marshall took a little…

— Bill Clinton

Generosity is a practical expression of Love.

— Gary Inrig

We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our…

— Warren Buffett

Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

— Blaise Pascal

I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.

— Pope Francis

Nature has a way of giving back. And we can never go against it.

— Shefali Zariwala

I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves -…

— Yaya Toure

“Charity didn't mean to waste the entire afternoon. But her favorite daytime drama was on the telly. It was always the same,…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

Tolerance is a form of generosity and it is a form of wisdom. There is nothing anywhere in the Dharma [Buddhist scriptures]…

— Hsing Yun

Sometimes giving your all to someone isn't good enough.

— Anonymous

Hope is critical to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith.…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.

— Zoroaster

With all profound love poured generously over Family, Religion and Nation, Humanity is left in lurch only to be conferred with a…

— Anuj Somany

I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all…

— Jules Verne

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of…

— Andrew Ryan

Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“To me, it seems unspeakably shabby to make a fuss over charity. You're walking along the street one day, the weather is…

— Knut Hamsun

If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life. If you want to conquer anger, develop…

— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

“ALTRUISM WAS, from the very start, a problem for the Darwinian theory of evolution, if not something worse than a problem. As…

— David C. Stove

We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who…

— Marvin J. Ashton

Selfless giving is love in action. Initially you will feel that you should help in a certain way, with a certain result.…

— Frederick Lenz

Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is…

— Karen Horney

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra…

— Peter Singer

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

— Bodhidharma

My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now,…

— Larry King

Commerce, trade and exchange make other people more valuable alive than dead, and mean that people try to anticipate what the other…

— Steven Pinker