Quotes About Generosity

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

When I saw the generosity of spirit of the people who live in America and their willingness to give second chances, it had a very wonderful effect on me.

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can't get out.

My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.

For me, the Lord has opened the windows of heaven and showered blessings upon my family beyond my ability to express.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.

It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.

Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

Every time we do anything, Austin's the No. 1 place of all that supports it. Austin is our biggest philanthropic helper, even for things that have nothing to do with Austin or Texas.

Thailand was built on compassion.

If I am more fortunate than others I need to build a longer table not a taller fence.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.

Thank God I was able to buy my mom a house, switched cars, and bought myself a house.

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

When I left Middlesbrough I went back there and bought a lot of shirts from the club shop and signed them for the fans. They were very good to me and I wanted to say thank you.

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

My work in Africa was paid for mostly by American Christians, and I am so thankful for their giving hearts.

I think being thankful is very important, and being thankful means you're choosing to be kind.

I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.

I've been five times to Mali, and when you're there, it makes you feel differently, like you realise you've a lot in life to be thankful for, and you have to give something back as well.