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Quotes About Generosity

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
~ Alistair Cooke
You can only do two things with your life: give it away or throw it away.
~ Ron White
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
~ Tertullian
If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.
~ Jose Marti
The purpose of our life is to help others through it.
~ Peter Matthiessen
Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes.
~ Dave Eggers
When the human race learns how to give and regive equally each will be enriched. He who withholds that which he should give to another impoverishes both himself and the other.
~ Walter Russell
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.
~ Julius Rosenwald
A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.
~ Gautama Buddha
Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
~ Jack Kornfield
What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give.
~ Narayanan Krishnan
Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
~ Bear Grylls
Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
~ William Arthur Ward
To add value to others, one must first value others.
~ John C. Maxwell
If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.
~ Mary Webb
Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.
~ Rene Descartes
Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.
~ Bryan Adams
The secret of the law of abundance is this: In order to receive and appreciate the good things of life, you must first give.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Celebrate Life. Care for others and share whatever you have with those less fortunate than you. Broaden your vision, for the whole world belongs to you.
~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.
~ Tim Conway
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great musician.
~ Charlie Haden
Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.
~ Benjamin Zander
If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.
~ Mark Twain