Quotes About Generosity

the giver of comfort, not the recipient.

When someone works for less pay than she can live on -- when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently -- than she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made of a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

Her favorite Irish saying was 'may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship and never in want,

liberality in gifts and expenditure which, since his followers lived off it, was extolled as the most admired attribute of a noble.

If you have something to give -- throw it out of the window; The one who needs it will come along with eyes bent on the ground.

The hospitality of the universe is famous among the comets; There is always an extra plate for the late-comer and a flower for his buttonhole.

To get, one must give. That is the Law.

Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.

If we used money to buy things with, instead of love and kindness and the desire to please one another, then we should be no better than the rest of the world.... Fortunately money is not known in the Land of Oz at all. We have no rich, and no poor; for what one wishes the others all try to give him, in order to make him happy, and no one in all Oz cares to have more than he can use.

I love the quote she once gave me: "When supply seems to have dried up, look around you quickly for something to give away." It is a law of the universe: to get good things you must first give away good things. (And of course this applies to love and friendship, as well.)

The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art. But I genuinely want to change the world. I'm very generous, and I really want people to see that I am - that's really it.

You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.

I have always been involved in some philanthropic work - growing up in the church, you always had to have a reasonable portion of service to the community and to people who have less, who need a helping hand. It's just something in my heart that I know needs to be done.

I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it.

My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.'

To give your best is to receive the best.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

When you give, you receive.

With my charity Big Dreams For Kids, I believe the more you give, the more you receive.

Measure yourself and your success by what you give to others, not what you receive in return.