Generosity Quotes · Page 62

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may…

— Oscar Wilde

When we do for others, we can't help but be touched by the love and generosity we thought we were giving away.

— Kimberly Kirberger

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

— Haruki Murakami

I travel to Cambodia, Thailand, Bali, and Nairobi for my charities: Somaly Mam and Friends to Mankind.

— Serinda Swan

Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.

— Pope Francis

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

— George Whitefield

Paying good wages is not charity at all-it is the best kind of business.

— Henry Ford

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy,…

— Germaine Greer

Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving; Back of the hand that receives thrill the…

— Richard Realf

“So let’s keep the cycle of generosity going in the new year – give a little jingle, make your brain tingle and…

— Sarah Granahan

“They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of…

— William Maxwell

You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people…

— Joanna Lumley

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let…

— Abraham Lincoln

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s…

— Majora Carter

Well, when you're on the television you constantly get asked to work with charities and it's really hard to work with all…

— Gok Wan

Either over neither, both over either/or, live-and-let-live over stand-or die, high spirits over low, energy over apathy, wit over dullness, jokes over…

— Marvin Mudrick

Because I took an oath to help people. To protect them from The League and any corrupt government. (Devyn) Yeah, and I…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The True happiness that Man has searched for since the dawn of humanity, that is the inner gold that awaits any person…

— Anonymous

Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is…

— Paulo Coelho

You had a package. It was torn, so I looked in.” She lifted one of a stack of firefighter calendars, with his…

— Jill Shalvis

“As long as a man has, he must give. And when he has nothing more, he is free. This freedom is far…

— Johannes Tauler

“Why, over the past two decades, have we seen this epidemic of loneliness and meanness, this breakdown in the social fabric? We…

— David Brooks

I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity [Wellesley] stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the…

— Nora Ephron

I don't need your time if you're gonna be giving it to everybody else too

— Jamaal

Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.

— Christina Stead

“Don’t expect my hand to extend out of her vagina and accept the charity of strangers.”

— Jarod Kintz

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

— Muhammad Yunus

“Remember that in great partnerships, consideration and generosity are more important than money.”

— Ray Dalio

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.

— Joe Mantegna

You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

— Bob Keeshan

“Charity must be accompanied by efforts at structural and systemic transformation.”

— Christopher D. Marshall

Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.

— Seth Godin

True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day.

— James E. Faust

Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.

— Bret Stephens

You can see guys around the League doing things for different charities, different foundations.

— Johnny Gaudreau

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor.

— Muhammad Yunus

“You have a duty to exploit your day and your time so you can live a prosperous life filled with activity and…

— Businessman Company

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson