Quotes About Generosity

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.

He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as a snake and gentle as a whisper; the gladness of sunshine and the humility of a thirty-mile walk by foot on a dirt road.

Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested, but he'll make a good face of it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!

Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested, but he'll make a good face of it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.

I guess you're right - I am a priest - I offer sacrifices - so take this line, I want you to have something of mine...

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky

I would be a billionaire if I was lookin' to be a selfish boss. That's not me...All I want is a good sandwich.

What you make happen for others, GOD will make happen for you.

The milk of human kindness was kept often in the larder, and the tea served with lemon.

Then let me tell you a thing I've learned in my eighty-nine years. This house, the friends and memories—I'd trade it all for a chance to do what that young woman just did: a noble act, freely undertaken. How many of us have such a chance? And how many the courage to take it?

One good turn asketh another.

We who are white men can't change who we are. But we could do worse than to follow what I took that summer as his example: to be aware of and curious about the world around you, to give what you have with neither apology nor self-congratulation. When praise comes to see you, get out on the fire escape. When it's someone else's time to talk, listen. Don't turn your house into a museum. When your work is done, get out of the way.

Money cannot buy happiness, but it buys the conditions for happiness: time, occasional freedom from constant worry, a moment of breath to plan for the future, and the ability to be generous.

You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving.

For he that hath, to him shall be given.

There are enough diamonds in existence to give everyone on the planet a cupful.

since it would always be a sin, in any man of estate, to let his brother perish for want of affording him relief out of his plenty.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

Maturity beings to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

The practice of education is the highest form of intellectual philanthropy.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Good King Wenceslas looked outOn the feast of Stephen,When the snow lay round about,Deep and crisp and even.