Quotes About Generosity

Small things with great love. . . . It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing. And it is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving. To God there is nothing small." —Mother Teresa

The reason most people are not rich is simply because they are not generous enough.

A heaven opens when people are kind to one another.

To me it's as if the day has been tossed into my lap by a benevolent god who likes to gives things to good-for-nothings.

Gratitude is a way of seeing ourselves as recipients of blessings rather than demanders of rights.

They could at least part with love. It was like Tor to make the gesture; her father, for all his kindness, was too proud—or too much a king; and she was too proud, or too bitter, or too young.

Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others.

Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.

The sight of an achievement is the greatest gift a human being could offer others. —AYN RAND

Be the most polite person that you know. • Be honest to a fault. • Deeply commit yourself to being a world-class listener. • Send handwritten thank you notes on a regular basis. • Seek out opportunities to do random acts of kindness.

She had so many things to be grateful for: two eyes to see the splendors of this wonderful world, two legs to explore it all, food on her table each night at a time when billions have empty bellies. And a roof over her head for ample shelter. She had wise books to read in her library, work that fed her creativity and, as the billionaire said so often, an opportunity to achieve outright mastery not only to benefit herself but also in service of society. And

Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.

With every person we engage, in everything we do, we must be kinder than expected, more generous than anticipated, more positive than we thought possible. Every moment in front of another human being is an opportunity to express our highest values and to influence someone with our humanity. We can make the world better, one person at a time. There

On his deathbed, Aldous Huxley reflected on his entire life's learning and then summed it up in seven simple words: "Let us be kinder to one another.

The great women and men of the world were all givers, not takers.

I wept because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet." It is so easy to magnify our problems and lose sight of the many blessings we all have to be so very grateful for. Giving the gift of your time by volunteering to serve those who have less than you is an excellent way to remind yourself on a regular basis of the abundance that exists in your life.

Albert Camus once said that 'Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.

The more value you create for others, the more your life will work. Commit yourself to doing good. To get more from life, you must give more to life.

Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

The hand that gives is the hand that gathers.

For the failure to perform right action means the triumph of the mean-spirited, the ungenerous and those who would rather view everyone in darkness than to see all shine brightly.

Rather than taking from the world, make it your consistent enthusiasm to give to the world. And to behave in a way that serves all citizens.

Success is cool. But significance is rad. Generosity—not scarcity—is the trait of all of the great men and women who have upgraded our world. And we need leaders, pure leaders and not narcissists obsessed with their own self-interests, as never before.

If we are cruel to another, we will be cruel to ourselves. If we can't appreciate those around us, we won't appreciate ourselves. With every person we engage, in everything we do, we must be kinder than expected, more generous than anticipated, more positive than we thought possible. Every moment in front of another human being is an opportunity to express our highest values and to influence someone with our humanity. We can make the world better, one person at a time.