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Quotes About Generosity

I was overwhelmed with the kindness of people [in Afghanistan] and found that they had managed to retain their dignity, their pride, and their hospitality under unspeakably bleak conditions.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.
~ Robert Breault
Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.
~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
What is my religion? Simple. Kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me.
~ Wayne Muller
I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness.
~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
Requite injury with kindness.
~ Laozi
Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
I couldn't be in a relationship without equality, generosity, integrity, spirit, kindness and humor. And awesomeness.
~ Jennifer Aniston
In this cruel world kindness should always be repaid.
~ Diane Setterfield
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
~ Sophie Swetchine
I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.
~ Mother Teresa
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
~ Oscar Wilde
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
~ Lao Tzu
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.-Dalai Lama
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be kind to UNKIND people.They need it the most.
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. And be kinder than is necessary.
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Light another's path and the universe will light your own.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on 'Twas not given for thee alone Pass it on Let it travel down the years Let it wipe another's tears Til in Heaven the deed appears - Pass it on.
~ Rev. Henry Burton
One kind word can warm three winter months.
~ Japanese Proverb
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it now.
~ William Penn
a small amount of kindness can make a large amount of difference
~ J. Yates