It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“As you pay your bills, pretend you’re donating the money to the charities and organizations that mean the most to you and… — Mina Faraway Copy Share Image
As soon as you become of interest to the media, the charity requests start rolling in, and it's not easy saying no.… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
Only by realizing what selfishness and lack of generosity really are can the delicious fragrance of true love and effective generosity, which… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
I speak pretty fluent American, though I do so with a strong British accent, and I love America: The scale and the… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
You really think your life is going to go a certain way sometimes, and then sometimes something amazing happens just out of… — Hannah Hart Copy Share Image
The act of giving is only called generosity when the one who gives does not expect anything in return. — Shin Chan Copy Share Image
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I think there is a level of altruism that wants to help fellow human beings. — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
“Rather than leaving generous people on the short end of an unequal bargain, practices of generosity are actually likely instead to provide… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Which is more subversive-and corrosive-to believe in altruism or to see it simply as a cloak of self interest? Even if altruism… — Frank Prochaska Copy Share Image
People don't get involved with local charities or politics because they think it's hard to make a difference and the problem feels… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
When it comes to exchanges with people, I think, the more genuine you can be, the more giving you can be, the… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
The able bodied poor don't want or need charity.... All they need is financial capital. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more… — Kenny Loggins Copy Share Image
Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty;… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
“In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand stated that there's no such thing as real altruism. She espoused the principle of ethical egotism, meaning… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
When you go out with a drunk, you’ll notice how a drunk fills your glass so he can empty his own. As… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was… — Judith Rodin Copy Share Image
Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return. — John Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Since all charity begins at home, it would be the work not of charity but of fatuity to direct the alms of… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Every day, I am blessed by the goodness in our country and the kindness and the generosity of the American people. We… — Cary Kennedy Copy Share Image
Adolescence is the time to enlarge the natural sentiments of pity, friendship, and generosity, the time to develop an understanding of human… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity. — George Bush Copy Share Image
All the fruits of the Spirit which we are to lay weight upon as evidential of grace, are summed up in charity,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Your average knitter, obsessed as we are with the art form, is quickly going to begin producing far more in the way… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
My God, grant that my bounty may be a clear and transparent river, flowing from pure charity, and uncontaminated by self-love, ambition,… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
I am proud to be part of the Toys for Tots program for a second year. In addition to giving kids the… — Dale Jarrett Copy Share Image
Private philanthropy is the direct expression of the great Christian principle of the brotherhood of man and the Golden Rule. Private philanthropy… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin — Publius Cornelius Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image