Quotes About Generosity

What is time for if not to bless?

If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own.

My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so.

I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away by another thought: 'I'm so lucky that someone cates enough to loan me a dress.

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

Our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving." The half-elf started to reply, but the Forestmaster interrupted.

She lavishes pain with generosity.

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell all thou hast and give it all to poor and then sue[8] me and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won't either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

The heart that gives, gathers.

The only thing missing in any situation is that in which you are not giving

It is an act of gracious generosity to accept a person based on what we know to be the truth about them, regardless of whether or not they are in touch with that truth themselves.

But remember, there's only one of us here: What we give to others, we give to ourselves.

What we give to others, we give to ourselves. What we withhold from others, we withhold from ourselves. In any moment when we choose fear instead of love, we deny ourselves the experience of Paradise.

only what you have not given can be lacking in any situation.

By striving to be the best we can be, we create the internal blueprint by which we do the best we can do. On a soul level, we want to work, we want to create, we want to be productive and serve others and share our gifts with the world.

Another miraculous transformation is the shift from a sales mentality to a service mentality. When we're motivated by the desire to sell, we're only looking out for ourselves.  When we're motivated by the desire to serve, we're looking out for others.  Since in the realm of consciousness, we only get to keep what we give away, a service mentality is a far more abundant attitude.

Whether I am paid or not, whether I am working out in the world or planting my own garden, I dedicate whatever I am doing today to the uplifting of all things.

How can I best serve the world?" take precedence over "What can I get out of this?" Within that realm, we naturally do get a job, we naturally do create money, and we naturally do produce an outer prosperity that reflects the prosperity in our hearts.

Give all your gifts away in service to the world.  If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting.  You never know who is going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community.

Whatever I give to others, I am giving to myself.