Quotes About Generosity

What I desire, thou dost not possess for thyself. How canst thou render it then to another?

Do you think I bring any child into the world to live for himself alone?

I'm all for scattering sunshine as we pass. As Stevenson says, we shall pass this way but once--and I devoutly hope he's right.

He had been taught that bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.

Ford slapped a five-pound note on the bar. He said, "Keep the change." "What, from a fiver? Thank you, sir." "You've got ten minutes left to spend it.

One of the joys of true happiness,' trilled the robot, 'is sharing. I brim, I froth, I overflow with . . .

To give love to one who needs it is a far greater pleasure than to receive it.

Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Maybe it is because I am an old man, but I find, M. Poirot, that there is something about the defenselessness of youth that moves me to tears. Youth is so vulnerable. It is so ruthless - so sure. So generous and so demanding.

One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself.

The young have very curious views on unselfishness.

There is something about the defencelessness of youth that moves me to tears. Youth is so vulnerable. It is so ruthless--so sure. So generous and so demanding.

A rich man and his money are not so easily parted. Me, I have seen a well-known millionaire turn out a tramful of people to seek for a dropped halfpenny.

I always help old ladies over crossings, and pick up parcels for old gentlemen, in case they should turn out to be eccentric millionaires. But not one of them has ever asked me my name — and quite a lot never said 'Thank you.

Women, Mademoiselle, are generous. If they can render a service to one who has rendered a service to them, they will do it. I was generous once to you, Mademoiselle. When I might have spoken, I held my tongue.

Not selfish things, not things for herself; who could give to unwanted children love, care, a home. All these things she could buy for them, but not their love for her.

Then her story and the way she told it had touched his heart. That she should have tried to understand - to offer help - and been turned away so often. Oh, he would not turn her away, he would take what she had to give and count himself rich for it.

Giving. In the RYMR leadership guide, Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, author of Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide , says, "Muhammad Ali showed us that giving, even at the point of personal sacrifice,

It seems I come from a line that is overly emotional and deficient in reason. People have often praised us as sensitive and generous, but we appear to me to have a measure of sentimentality and absurdity in our blood.