Quotes About Generosity

Give and ye shall receive.

The way myself and my brothers have been brought up is that you don't give to receive, you give to give, and that is the way life is.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country.

You have to give to be able to receive.

That point of life when I learned I could cook, that always made me understand what cooks felt like feeding other people. It's okay to receive, but it's really cool to give, so food is to me sexy because it's the fact that someone is giving it to someone else.

To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive.

During my younger days, I used to massage my mother's feet every day and receive her blessings.

My dad taught me to be professional, to treat others the way you want to be treated, to be selfless, to give more than you receive and to always give your best effort.

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.

It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.

I try to give back some of the good fortune that I've received.

It is difficult to help a man without hurting his pride. Everyone wants to be a giver and not a receiver.

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

We learn, grow and become compassionate and generous as much through exile as homecoming, as much through loss as gain, as much through giving things away as in receiving what we believe to be our due.

We need to, you know, restore people. We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

I like to make other people feel good, and if receiving my autograph brings them a little bit of pleasure, then I'm so glad to do it.

It's always a good feeling when you can help instead of just receiving help.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

I always want to be a person who challenges herself to be a better person and spends her time giving rather than receiving.

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.