Quotes About Generosity

What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.

In one equation you can solve all the puzzles of life. It is the equation of giving.

As Coleridge said, "We receive but what we give." The happy life is a life of continual generosity in which we go out to meet and acclaim the world.

All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful).

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away.

Christmas means giving. The Father gave his Son, and the Son gave his life. Without giving there is no true Christmas, and without sacrifice there is no true worship.

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.

My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life.

The dead carry with them to the grave in their clutched hands only that which they have given away.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

To give! To give without hope of recompense, without question, without fear! That was the message of life.

The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.

I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers.

The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.

The purpose of life is to bring forth goodness. Now, in this life.

Kindness Day should be everyday of your life.

I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!

Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.

Life is better when you share it.