Quotes About Generosity

Jessica reminded us all that it was Jesus who said that if we give a man a fish, we feed him for a day, but if we teach him how to fish, we feed him for a lifetime. Since we are celebrating the birthday of Jesus, we decided to use his little motto for our theme for the upcoming year. This year, I hope you will join the Jennings family as we urge others to "Grab your pole!

Most people, if they were generous, were so because they thought life was short and that one must make the most of it. Sid Baxter was generous because he knew that life was long. It went on and on even when you had no use for it anymore. It was happiness, not life, that was short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honoured it.

There is nothing more dangerous than kindness.

For last night, the Beast had given her an unexpected present—a gift more valuable to her than his castle and all his lands, one more precious than jewels or gold. Last night, the Beast had given her his books.

I still had fifteen cents that I hadn't given to Pa, and I was using it that afternoon to buy candy for my sisters. Abby had her monthlies and was feeling awfully blue. She'd had the cramp something wicked that morning and had to lie down until it passed, and Pa asked me why she wasn't in the barn milking with the rest of us like he always does because he forgets, and then I had to explain and he got mad at me because it made him embarrassed.

A good deed needs no excuse.

A good deed needs no excuse. So his pop used to reassure Dexter when he would resist, embarrassed, carrying a covered dish of leftover meatballs to the bums and hoboes who haunted the carny houses near his restaurant. Dexter muttered the phrase to himself as he lifted the heavy folded chair into his trunk. A good deed needs no excuse.

Generosity of the heart is the most valuable asset you can have.

Peace begins in each person's heart and then is passed on to the people they love most. Then they pass it on until everyone has peace in their heart.

Mi casa es su casa. Literally. I'm pretty sure your dad owns it.

Do you know what philanthropist means?" Libby asked me seriously. "It means rich.

He turned to me and extended a hand. "Since Lillian seems to have forgotten her manners, I suppose it's up to the two of us to introduce ourselves. I'm David Ames. And you are, young lady?" If my grandmother could have incinerated him with the power of her mind, I think she would have. "Right now," I replied, "I'm someone who is very concerned for your longevity.

He'll fight to grab the check, then tip like crap.

It must be recognized that staying alive though suicidal is an act of radiant generosity, a way in which we can save each other.

She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

Os serenos e generosos são apenas egoístas um pouco mais justos do que os tiranos – e a felicidade acabou quando as circunstâncias levaram ambos a perceber que os interesses de um não eram considerações importantes nos pensamentos do outro.

l'égoïsme des natures tendres et généreuses est seulement plus justifié que celui des natures altières. Leur bonheur cessa donc quand les circonstances leur firent sentir à chacun que l'intérêt de l'un n'était pas l'objet principal des pensées de l'autre.

the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering;

Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering — and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that the one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering—

It ended. Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering - and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

Now I feel bad I didn't give her the second quarter. Grandma says that's called having a conscience.