Quotes About Generosity

You can't earn points with someone who is no longer keeping score. Jesus already filled up your card with maximum points. You don't have to earn what he has already freely given; you simply get to receive it.

By lifting Widget up, Law had given her the power to help others. They were daisy-chained together; acts of goodwill looped back around. Law had saved Windwolf. He had protected her without even knowing how much he owed her. Tinker saved the tengu, and they in turn protected Usagi and her children. Around and around, kindness being paid forward until it returned. It was what Pittsburgh needed. What Elfhome needed; people helping one another without concern of clan or race or species.

I've learned that almost anyone will help if you ask for it.

Nothing nice you've ever done for someone is for no reason.

Do a charity, donate your education to those who don't have it.

The plane passes close to the sky but fails to land on the clouds. The only way to get closer to God is through charity.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the sake of getting more!

Remarkably, altruistic punishment is accompanied by increased activity in the "pleasure centers" of the brain. It appears that maintaining the social order and the rules of fairness in this fashion is its own reward. Altruistic punishment could well be the glue that holds societies together. However, our brains are not designed to reward generosity as reliably as they punish meanness. Here again, we find a marked asymmetry between losses and gains.

The mere observation that there is usually more than 100% credit to go around is

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

little world": "The world is a den of thieves, and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. The poison affects us all. No one escapes. Therefore let us be happy while we are happy. Let us be kind, generous, affectionate, and good. It is necessary and not at all shameful to take pleasure in the little world.

Deep within traditional Jewish culture lies the conviction that the only real way to achieve wealth is to attend diligently to the needs of others and to conduct oneself in an honorable and trustworthy fashion.

you are a noble person providing for others in a marvelous environment that benevolently rewards you for your consideration.

Dans ce monde, il faut être un peu trop bon pour l'être assez.

Amar é doarmos as nossas preferências àqueles que preferimos

Amare vuol dire, in ultima analisi, far dono delle nostre preferenze a coloro che preferiamo.

Ils [ces professeurs habités par la passion communicative de leur matière] accompagnaient nos efforts pas à pas, se réjouissaient de nos progrès, ne s'impatientaient pas de nos lenteurs, ne considéraient jamais nos échecs comme une injure personnelle et se montraient avec nous d'une exigence d'autant plus rigoureuse qu'elle était fondée sur al qualité, la constance et la générosité de leur propre travail. (p. 259)

Aimer c'est, finalement, faire don de nos préférences à ceux que nous préférons. Et ces partages peuplent l'invisible citadelle de notre liberté. Nous sommes habités de livres et d'amis.

You know the old Russian proverb, Allon. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine.

la caridad, la generosidad, la valentía, son avenidas de dos vías.

The author points to the impact of what he called Dutch disease, where the discovery of found wealth from a particular commodity causes a culture to atrophy with respect to work ethic and broader development. Continuing wealth from the single commodity is taken for granted. The government, flush with wealth, is expected to be generous. When the price of that commodity drops, a government which would remain in power dare not cut back on this generosity.

Your generosity with transmitting ancient Chinese wisdom into the simple act of running fills us with deep respect.

Nice gets nice.