Quotes About Generosity

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A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.

The reason most of us do not see opportunities to serve is that we are continually thinking about ourselves instead of others.

God's love always transcends human love, even human family love, in its ability to reach out to those in need.

That's the true spirit of Christmas people being helped by people other than me.

Evie had swallowed that like it belonged to her and went right back to whatever she was working on. Then, later that day, I was walking behind her as she told a fifth grader in outdated bell-bottoms that he wore them with "a flair and a flourish" all his own. I liked that a whole lot about Evie, how she passed on her treasures.

reason and sensical behavior are not always necessary if there exists some small flood of kindness.

Sometimes when people get to be too nice, you end up not thanking them, because you are completely tired of saying thank you. Then they become more and more hangdog and you want to thank them even less.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round.

If you can afford it, buy it. Always offer your friends the best that you can and have it in prodigious abundance.

Be kind no matter what.

With the same fervor that my mom now flips houses, my parents fixed people throughout my childhood. We took in people who were sick or neglected, and it wasn't always fun. Sometimes it was a chore to share my parents with others. Our family time was always with others, whether they were there physically or talked about in our prayers. "To whom much is given, much is expected," was what I heard. I understood, but sometimes I didn't feel we had much to share.

In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving.

in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

Dare dà più gioia che ricevere, non perché è privazione, ma perché in quell'atto mi sento vivo.

Genuine love increases the capacity to love and to give to others. The true lover loves the whole world, in his or her love for a specific person.

Er steckte den Zwanzigmarkschein ein. Jetzt saß die Mutter im Zug, und bald musste sie den anderen Zwanzigmarkschein finden, den er ihr in die Handtasche gelegt hatte. Mathematisch gesehen war das Ergebnis gleich Null. Denn nun besaßen beide dieselbe Summe wie vorher. Aber gute Taten lassen sich nicht stornieren. Die moralische Gleichung verläuft anders als die arithmetische.

Es gibt nichts Gutes außer: Man tut es. There is nothing good unless you do it.

What I have now at your generous hands is infinitely precious to me. It would kill me to part with it,—I could not and I hope you could not. And I will be patient, patient without end, to see what, if anything, the future may have [in] store for me.

I know it is difficult now you are living with so many rich people, only do try & save a bit on your messing bills, etc. Remember baby Winston & I are willing to starve for you, but we would prefer not to.

Everybody offers to buy one a drink; but nobody ever dreams of buying one a sandwich.

If she had learned anything twenty-five years, it was that money wasn't worth much if you didn't have anyone to share it with.

Charity may begin at home, but it ends up in the poorhouse.