Quotes About Generosity

My change is five cents short," Rockefeller declared.

Rockefeller hated being pressured, and Gates always believed that had Harper asked for less, Rockefeller would have willingly given much more.

It used to be a great joke, particularly among the girls in Providence, and they used to laugh a good deal about being treated to a soda by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

The only thing removed by Rockefeller were the worn carpets, which he donated to the needy through a local church.

Science today owes as much to the rich men of generosity and discernment

Rockefeller tried to expand his disbursements to keep pace with his mounting income, and his donations nearly doubled from $61,000 in 1881 to $119,000 three years later.

Each of his children had been matched to a black scholarship student whose education was paid for by the family

Like many donors, Rockefeller wished to give freely, but Harper was constantly trying to speed up the process.

Amid the hectic rounds of his life, Rockefeller always found time to send letters and small, thoughtful gifts to Packard and Giles to buck up their morale.

The sweetest things in life were not necessarily what one strove for and grabbed. Instead, many many times the All-Merciful, the All-Generous would give His servants without being petitioned, without waiting to be asked.

Money is like grass. It withers. [... ] but our deeds last forever.

You never get a blessing for yourself. You get a blessing to bless others. In the words of the black church, "a blessing can't get to you unless it first can go through you." We are blessed to bless.

I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs

It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.

and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that: then they wouldn't be so stingy about it, you know—

What kind of person doesn't let you have gummi bears?

That clan always had deep pockets and shorrrt arrrms.

I only know that a wise man once said three hundred years ago that money is like muck; it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around.

Single women can choose to serve others as well; we don't have to be married before we can give to others.

Lily stepped back to admit him, her gaze catching on the chocolates again. It was Caleb's aim to make her look at him just the way she was looking at that red satin box. He extended the candy and knew by the pleasure in her eyes that she'd received few gifts in her life. And for one insensible, fevered moment Caleb wanted to give her everything. He wanted to drag the world to her feet and make it bow.

If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?

I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.