Quotes About Generosity

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At a feast, taking the largest helping may be good for your appetite, but sharing generously is good for the spirit of the celebration. In this case, honoring your hosts and fellow guests should be valued above sating your hunger.

The value of one's life is determined by how much love one gives, not by how much love one has received.

which would you rather have—money to share with others, or loyal and honest friends?

It was thus an excellent reply that the woman made when she wanted to send a boatload of provisions to the exiled Gratilla;* for when someone said to her, 'Domitian will merely confiscate them,' she replied, 'Better that he should take them away than that I should fail to send them.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

It has been often said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the fruits of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from the sense of their inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

Kindness needs greater effort than dark thinking.

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

In the sphere of material things giving means being rich. Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

I am surprised how often even the smallest kindness can carry a disproportionate weight

We believe now," the children and the fathers and the mothers all said to each other with the light of faith that little lame Stephen had inspired on their faces. "We believe that Saint Nicholas will always come to us as long as there is one child alive in the village." "In the village!" echoed little Stephen. "In the whole world!" he shouted triumphantly.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

Do not set your heart on wealth…Do not strain to seek increase,What you have, let it suffice you.If riches come to you by theft,They will not stay the night with you….They made themselves wings like geese,And flew away to the sky.

When a man is rich, whether in gold or in knowledge, he must treat the poverty of others with consideration.

Ce sera toujours un pays de factions, de désordre, de passe-droits, de népotisme, de corruption. Mais c'est aussi le pays de la douceur de vivre, de la chaleur humaine, de la générosité. Et de tes amis les plus vrais.

All beings wanted to be happy. The key is to help others by your words, actions, intentions and thoughts.

Compassion is contagious. Every moment we choose compassion, we move towards a better world.

Every day, bring some flowers to your life and bring some blessings in someone's life.

Philosophers tell us that there are four cardinal virtues: self-control, wisdom, justice, and courage; and, in addition to these, certain practical gifts: military skill, dignity, prosperity, and generosity. All these Julian cultivated both singly and as a whole with the utmost care.

And remember that friendship between a woman and a man is something much more precious and rare than love: love is actually something quite gross and even clumsy compared to friendship. Friendship includes a measure of sensitivity, attentiveness, generosity, and a finely tuned sense of moderation.

Love is not a pie.