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Quotes About Generosity

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.
~ Pierre Corneille
The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
~ Peter Marshall
Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success.
~ David Robinson
I want these medals to be for everyone, not just myself.
~ Caeleb Dressel
I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better.
~ Stewart Rahr
If you go out to dinner with a group of people, pay for the dinner at a nice restaurant, for the amount of money for that dinner, you can get a John 5 Squier Telecaster and have it for the rest of your life.
~ John 5
To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.
~ John Walters
I am so rich that I must give myself away.
~ Egon Schiele
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.
~ Jimmy Carter
If you have a river, then you should share it with everyone.
~ Chen Guangbiao
I told my mom I wanted to buy roses for my teachers so I'm pretty sure my son'll be that way too.
~ Omarion
I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
~ Queen Rania of Jordan
Love is sacrifice.
~ David Oyelowo
My parents taught me that it is my responsibility to make sacrifices for those after me.
~ Bill Duke
A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.
~ Edward James Olmos
Educational equity was my way of giving my salary. It's not $10 million or anything. I'm not going to act like I'm the first guy to donate $1 million to something, but it has been good.
~ Chris Long
Sometimes I would buy two of the same thing just to give my friends.
~ Hannah Bronfman
Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011.
~ Elaine Chao
Everything that you want Santa to be, he is.
~ Mick Foley
It gives me satisfaction to help people.
~ Stewart Udall
I thought it was a really good thing to be a part of giving blood and saving lives.
~ Bobby Wagner
We know that if someone is in a better position than you to score, you have to give him the ball.
~ Patrick Vieira
Other than scoring touchdowns, that's probably the thing that makes me the most happy. Helping other people.
~ Mike Evans