Generosity Quotes

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular level of material wealth.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

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

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities. Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

The human heart is bigger than the world.

The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity.
Honesty can be called gullibility.
Candor becomes lack of common sense.
Interest in your work can be called cowardice.
Generosity can be called soft-headedness,
and observe : the former is disturbing

If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down. Cultivate generosity. Delight in giving. Learn to live lightly. In this way, we can begin to transform what is negative into what is positive. This is how we start to grow up.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

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

It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.