Quotes About Generosity

As God in Genesis 1 is no imperious warrior, so human beings are not conquerors of creation. The language of dominion lacks all sense of exploitation (1:26, 28). The hoarding of resources is implicitly forbidden in the account: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees are granted to animals and humans alike (1:30). Absent is any hint of the savage competition for resources. God's gift of sustenance is one of abundance, not scarcity, to be shared, not hoarded.

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.

If thou art clean and warm, it is sufficient; for more doth but rob the Poor, and please the Wanton.

WHAT WE GIVE TO THE POOR IS WHAT WE TAKE WITH US WHEN WE DIE.

you do unto the least of these, my little ones, you do unto Me,' " he paraphrased.

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is then no longer a thief.

You must remember always to give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be extravagant. You must give to all who come into your life. Then nothing and no one shall have power to cheat you of anything, for if you give to a thief, he cannot steal from you, and he himself is then no longer a thief. And the more you give, the more you will have to give.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, A most delicious banquet by his bed, And brave attendants near him when he wakes, Would not the beggar then forget himself?

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.

I am not in the giving vein today.

A morsel for a monarch.

The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.

Time hath a wallet at his back, wherein he puts. Alms for oblivion, a great-sized monster of ingratitudes.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

The instructive admonitions, "give an account of thy stewardship,"—"occupy till I come;" are forgotten. Thus the generous and wakeful spirit of Christian Benevolence, seeking and finding every where occasions for its exercise, is exploded, and a system of decent selfishness is avowedly established in its stead; a system scarcely more to be abjured for its impiety, than to be abhorred for its cold insensibility to the opportunities of diffusing happiness.

The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the loreOf nicely calculated less or more.

That best portion of a good man's life,His little, nameless, unremembered actsOf kindness and of love.

The best portion of a good man's life is his little nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.

Said I, "Not half an hour ago     Your Mother has had alms of mine.

God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don't forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I'd love to do it for him, but I can't be everywhere.

It's a shame that people all over the world can't have that kind of love in their hearts," he said. "There would be no wars, slaughter, or murder; no greed or selfishness. It would be the kind of world that God wants us to have—a wonderful world.