Generosity Quotes · Page 42

Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

— Dalai Lama

The act of love . . . is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity reveals itself.

— Albert Camus

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

— Isabel Paterson

How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an…

— Pope Francis

The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others.

— Dalai Lama

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

— Sparky Anderson

I may be an atheist, but am not against religion because atheist's have nothing to replace the structure of church charity.

— Anonymous

I've set up businesses. I've set up charities. I have actually done the work myself.

— Andrea Leadsom

In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and…

— C. I. Scofield

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my…

— Charles Dickens

Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that…

— Jim Brown

All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less…

— Zoe Weil

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you,…

— Mitch Albom

My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely,…

— Karen Armstrong

I think, in this country, we have a problem where we view the arts as charity, and therefore, it has no value.…

— Jason Ralph

“No, it is not a commonplace, sir! If up to now, for example, I have been told to 'love my neighbor,' and…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity. The dissenter…

— Herbert Spencer

To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems…

— Benjamin Franklin

For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.…

— John F. Kennedy

“An important contributory factor to the loss of mental morale in the church has been a misguided conception of Christian charity. It…

— Harry Blamires

We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live…

— Javier Marías

“When you give everything and expect nothing in return, only then will you be in a position to gain anything. When you…

— Jarod Kintz

“Someone once said that the spiritual significance of something is in inverse proportion to the publicity surrounding it. A publicized event, like…

— Ken Gire

“We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.”

— Bill Maher

Things like radical generosity and audacious faith are not produced when we focus on them, but when we focus on the gospel.

— J. D. Greear

... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

— George Eliot

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

— Benjamin Franklin

Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

— Michael Josephson

I have learned to give, not because I have too much, but because I have known the feeling of not having anything.

— Anonymous

With life as short as a half-taken breath, don't plant anything but love.

— Rumi

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

— Frank A. Clark

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

— Theodore Parker

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

— Washington Irving

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

— Michael Parenti

What's interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

— Mary Kay Ash

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

— Pope Francis

Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.

— Walter E. Williams

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

— Og Mandino

We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity.

— Muhammad Yunus