Generosity Quotes · Page 72

That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.

— Maria Menounos

Its hard to simultaneously hold onto self-hatred when youre actively engaged in acts of charity.

— Senoraroy

“I know that love is giving yourself to someone else. Giving yourself to someone without losing yourself”

— Tiffany Reisz

“If all of us in the world just shared love, just a little, charity foundations wouldn’t be needed.”

— Cristiane Serruya

Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.

— Pierre Corneille

It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.

— Allan Lokos

I was running a charity that taught teenagers about furniture restoration. The Guardian online did a piece with me and it went…

— Jay Blades

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.

— Anonymous

One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else…

— Isabella Rossellini

“This is for you,” he said, holding one of the parts out to the monk. “It’s for your generosity to the pilgrims.”…

— Paulo Coelho

The generosity and compassion of Red Sox Nation, our players and the Red Sox Wives never cease to amaze, We were touched…

— Larry Lucchino

U.A.E.'s continuously growing initiatives in the field of charitable and humanitarian works became a basic component of our foreign activities.

— Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are…

— P. G. Wodehouse

It's not just about doing things in Utah or in France. It's about doing things everywhere and having an impact everywhere. There…

— Rudy Gobert

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of…

— Andrew Weil

I have a responsibility to lots of people in my life. I have three children, I'm a wife, I have 60 staff…

— Mary Portas

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size…

— Robert Thurman

Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our…

— Francis of Assisi

Money follows mission, not the reverse. This is a shorthand way of saying that the stronger the congregation's relational characteristics, the easier…

— Kennon Callahan

There is a whole field of inquiry that has come up in the last 30 or 40 years - some call it…

— Richard Dawkins

In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never…

— Charles Spurgeon

“For the psychologist Paul Bloom, this is a huge downside. Empathy, he argues, focuses our attention on single individuals, leading us to…

— Kevin Simler

As a Scot, I instinctively feel a sympathy towards a culture which is based on generosity. It's very refreshing. Afghans think they're…

— Rory Stewart

...I believe deeply that we canot solve the challenges of your time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our…

— Barack Obama

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.

— Paul McCartney

Lets hear it for the good people out there, being reliable, loyal, trustworthy, giving and kind.

— Anonymous

Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.

— Victor Hugo

“Truth begets humility, which is the virtue of virtues, and charity gives it life and form.”

— Peter J. Arnoudt

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

— William Arthur Ward

“The giving hand is considered powerful; the receiving hand is considered weak. It’s better to give than to receive.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking

— Joyce Grenfell

The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.

— Victor Hugo

Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.

— Pope Francis

“This is, perhaps, the greatest challenge of our time – to love in the absence of any immediate rewards for our love.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

— George Orwell

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

— Oscar de la Renta

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?

— Sarah Addison Allen

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity...

— John Muir