Books Quote by Sheryl Sandberg

“An act of generosity rarely ends a man's responsibilities toward another; it tends instead to begin them.”

— Amor Towles

“We find ourselves suspended between a compulsion to do too much and a wish to do nothing.”

— Josh Cohen

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.

— Simon Sinek

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other…

— Sydney Thompson Dobell

“If you give to get something, you’re not giving, you’re trading. Your motives are second in importance only to your actions”

— Jose Silva Jr

“people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is…

— Veronica Roth

“It seems there is no such thing as a purely good deed, a completely right action. Even this task, which i took on for…

— Salman Rushdie

“People often do a good deed without hope of reward, but for an evil deed they always demand payment.”

— L. Frank Baum

“People usually consider an active and proactive approach as a human virtue. However, sometimes doing nothing is the best choice we can make. If…

— Eraldo Banovac

Tis the motive exalts the action; 'Tis the doing, and not the deed.

— Margaret Preston

“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”

— Roy T. Bennett

Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.

— Anthony Trollope