Generosity Quotes - Page 3

Helping people and putting smiles on their faces is a great, great thing. God only knows why more people don't do it more often.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

I will not hesitate.I will not hang back.I will go and offer my heart, for it is what I have to give...

Kate Mullane Robertson

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Rasheed Ogunlaru

We've decided to wake a miss for you because you are nice. We want a booby as roomful as ours."Everybody had seen the Hobgoblin laugh, but nobody believed he could smile. He was so happy that you could see it all over him -- from his hat to his boots! Without a word he waved his cloak over the grass -- and behold! Once more the garden was filled with a pink light and there on the grass before them lay a twin to the King's Ruby -- the Queen's Ruby.

Beware of those who are stingy, for they would rather sting you than give you anything.

When God blesses you, the highest form of gratitude is open-handedness.

Chinonye J. Chidolue

Greatness isn't worldly fame and success. Laying humble service for humanity's best is true greatness.

Chinonye J. Chidolue

We are all citizens of the world and we owe it to the world to make it a better place.

Chinonye J. Chidolue

Even Karma rewards generosity. The good that you do must surely catch up with you!

Chinonye J. Chidolue

My reason to live is to love, my reason to get is to give. - The Lord is my witness.

Nurudeen Ushawu

When you stop living for luxuries you understand the real meaning of life.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.

Lao Tzu

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.

Richelle E. Goodrich

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Debbie Macomber

For it is in giving that we receive.

Francis of Assisi

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the

I love the tranquility, serenity, generosity, and the beauty of the ocean.

Debasish Mridha

If you want to live forever, give yourself away for others.

Debasish Mridha

He who accumulates has little. He who gives away has much.

Debasish Mridha

You will only have what you give away.

Debasish Mridha

They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave way and I understood not only how entirely generous they were but also that generosity might be the greatest pleasure there is.

William Maxwell

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

Sharon Salzberg

Be a gift, a light, a blessing as far as the eye can see to answer a call as well as a genuine, compassionate heart can reach.

The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.

Christopher Moore

May we find more grace to do good deeds.

Lailah Gifty Akita

I say, ‘We believe in a Christ’. If that being existed physically or not, it’s still important, because the message was so basic and sensible and powerful, that we should live by those truths. Love, compassion, generosity. God doesn’t punish anyone. Churches aren’t needed. Money in connection to belief is an abomination. They say, ‘Oh…’. Then they quote the Old Testament.

Genesis P-Orridge

Food-sharing is an innate way that we show our love for people we care about. Including others in times of celebration is an act of kindness.

Dr. Theresa Nicassio

Kindness that turns to bitterness when it is not appreciated was never kindness at all.

Vironika Tugaleva

No amount of money can fill your heart up with what kindness and compassion can.

Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of giving.

Sharon Salzberg

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

Elizabeth Gilbert

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

Simone de Beauvoir

Here’s the thing: You can be materialistic and poor. You can also be content and rich. It has nothing to do with your income and it has everything to do with your heart. You don’t need to earn more money in order to be generous with your money. Some people use that as an excuse to be greedy. Jesus seemed to believe that the key to generosity wasn’t having more, but being content with what you already have.

Cole Ryan

Jesus seemed to believe that the key to generosity wasn’t having more, but being content with what you already have.

Cole Ryan

When God opens a new page in your life, make photocopies of it, read it and share it with other people. Some may hear it when you read it, others may tear it when you share it.

Israelmore Ayivor

PULL and PUSH" are basic principles of life. You must PULL to work hard and then PUSH to give hard"... The reason why we gain is to give!

Israelmore Ayivor

Leave the quarters of the close-fisted selfishness and live in the edifice of an open-handed generosity. God gives to you, so you can share when it's required of you! Give out; conquer greed!

Israelmore Ayivor

I believe this; "When you have a needy person in your neighbourhood, it's an opportunity for you to become a wealthy and healthy person!" Giving time is blessing time!

Israelmore Ayivor

I have noticed that most times, the least that you give out is the best that someone really needs. So, don't always wait till you have something big to give before you do so! Someone's "big" is your "little"!

Israelmore Ayivor

Look inside yourself; there is always something special you can do today! Look around yourself; there is always someone special do it for! Don't spare what you have to share, show you care and dare not to make it rare!

Israelmore Ayivor

Give more, don't expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven’t expected but received!

Israelmore Ayivor

Impatient men are generous ones. Or haven't you learned that by now?

It’s like this: if you have one piece of cake, and you eat it, that’s fine.If you have two pieces of cake, you should probably share some with a friend. But maybe not. Occasionally we could all use two pieces of cake.But if you have a whole cake, and you eat *all* of it, that’s not very cool. It’s not just selfish, it’s kinda sick and unhealthy.

Patrick Rothfuss

It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life — the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand — such minuscule movements have huge ripple effects.

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

Vironika Tugaleva

Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Love is divine ink: miracles are God's signature.

Matshona Dhiliwayo

Give today to get better tomorrow.

Creative people depend on the generosity and graces of strangers.

Wayne Gerard Trotman

To be creative, first we must be generous. Then we must have a quiet, indomitable belief in our own worth.

All forms of writing are an act of conception; writing must lead to creation. Each time that we write, we begin again. Writing is an act of self-affirmation. Each time that we place our thoughts onto paper, we receive a new opportunity to claim our reality. Writing is also an act of explication and deconstruction. Writing empowers us to shape and modify our fiery constitutions. Writing allows us to explore the essential ingredients that lead to a life of serenity by exhibiting compassion, love, patience, generosity, and forgiveness.

Kilroy J. Oldster

The greatest dividends in life are those that we give away.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Generosity is a strength, not a weakness.

Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.

With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.

Some people can be so generous when they give nothing away!

Rossana Condoleo

Life doesn't offers charity, it offers chance.

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