Quotes About Generosity

Lord Jesus, as it would please you bring me someone today whom I can serve.

Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust...They point us toward a way of living in which everything we have we receive as a gift, and everything we have is cared for by God, and everything we have is available to others when it is right and good. This reality frames the heart of Christian simplicity. It is the means of liberation and power to do what is right and to overcome the forces of fear and avarice.

The goal of work is not to gain wealth and possessions, but to serve the common good and bring glory to God.

Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.

We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.

In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.

The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others. --- Charles James's Diary

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime.

First, most people think the word prodigal means wayward or lost. It doesn't. Prodigal means lavish or wastefully extravagant. It's like spending money recklessly. It also means to give on a lavish scale. So, in the case of the prodigal son story, you could argue that the father was prodigal since he gave his love freely, on a lavish scale. You might even say recklessly.

As appreciative as I had already been for their kindness, now I was astounded. In the midst of such heartbreak, this good couple had reached out to me in my pain. For the first time in a long while, I felt hope in humanity.

The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others.

The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others. —CHARLES JAMES'S DIARY

Kindness may look for something in return, but that doesn't make it any less kind.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

Because every time she looked at me, she saw him, our son, that generous boy, and it was another gut punch bending her over, another parting of her flesh, and I was one of the thousand, and my gift to her now was my echo. (from "Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave")

Christians as a segment of the general population are ten times more likely to contribute money and resources to the aid of another individual than a non-Christian

Pour vous faire aimer, demandez un service.

Even if I'd been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would've taken my suitcase anyway. That's how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the modern world, ever-ready to help others.

Nah. I helped when I ate everything on my plate. No mess that way." He paused. "And yes, you're welcome.

Servants focus on others, not themselves. This is true humility: not thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

Proverbs tells us, "The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped."12 Those who pass along insights get more from God.