Quotes About Generosity

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Life is beautiful. It's about giving. It's about family.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen, but greatens, his life.

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower.

What you want most out of life is the thing you have to give the most of

Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service.

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

Some'll rob you blind, some'll kick you when you're down, but you spread some good feeling and some warmth about, and people like that. Aye.

Life was always easier, reflected Issy, when you were carrying a large Tupperware full of cakes. Everyone was happy to see you then.

Celia braided my hair before she left for Margaret's house, and she even let me borrow her raspberry lip gloss. With Celia helping me, I felt like Cinderella getting ready for her big night on the town. I think I look pretty good.

IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF, DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS. THIS CAN TAKE THE FORM OF GIFTS, LOVELY FOOD, PUBLICITY, OR ADVANCED WARNING.

Even when you'd lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones ... and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so little expense.

In the end, yes, it is a famous bookstore and, yes, it is of no small literary importance. But more than anything, Shakespeare and Company is a refuge, like the church across the river. A place where the owner allows everyone to take what they need and give what they can.

Christ has loved us in our great need. He asks us to lift up our eyes and show a little of this love to those around us.