Browsing Topic Best Generosity Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

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

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

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

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.

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

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.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

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.

It needs as much generosity to take as to give.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Great spenders are bad lenders.

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.

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

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.

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.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

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

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

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

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.’

The best things in life aren’t things.

I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.

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.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.