Best Generosity Quotes

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

There’s no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

It needs as much generosity to take as to give.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Great spenders are bad lenders.

If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

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

I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he’s like Don Corleone is he was always breaking off hundreds. I’d be like, ‘Hey Dad, I’m going to McDonald’s with my friends,’ and he’d just whip out a hundred: ‘Here, go, have fun.’

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

All that is not given is lost.

Generosity always pays.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

Gratitude, generosity and humility are inherent characteristics of one who is present. When you awaken, you will realize that everyone and everything has the same right to be here as you do. This includes every human Being, every tree Being, every flower Being, and every other kind of Being.

Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.

Let us not only scatter benefits, but even strew flowers for our fellow-travellers, in the rugged ways of this wretched world.

It is not in everyone’s power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.