Quotes About Generosity

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Too many people are buying gifts for themselves when they pick out a gift for a friend.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

Even before I became an artiste, when I barely had the means to support anyone financially, I took care of several destitute women, giving them shelter, food and clothing.

The more generous you are, the easier and more satisfying and fun your life is. And it took me so long.

Everything serious in the world is well approached by humour. It's a powerful and often quite subversive tool. I suppose there is an argument that could be made against me for being frivolous, but I do think a laugh is a very generous thing to give.

I absolutely believed when I was young because the Tooth Fairy was always good to me. The Tooth Fairy generally left me a dollar or two dollars and, as a kid, that was a lot of money.

When I was at the top, my mother was helping other girls. I thought it was a beautiful gesture and that I should continue it in her name.

Cooking is, to me, the perfect fusion of generosity and selfishness, indeed the resolution of generosity and selfishness, the answer to my torn nature.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself

I know I can rely on the kindness of folk along the way. The ones that don't try to rob me will feed me. That how it is in America.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

I vowed to be more generous in our relationship, to consider my mother as more than the sum of her bad decisions.

You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man.

How generous is dance, it barters your moments of anguish and gifts you joy equal to lifetimes

God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.

Charity is merely returning what we have stolen.

Lord, keep us from following the gods of pride, stubbornness, vanity, sloth, greed, and comfort that beckon for our allegiance every day. You brought us through the night watches, you who neither slumber nor sleep. We pray to follow you along the path of generosity, humility, and love throughout this day. Amen.

I remember hearing a story about Clarence Jordan, a pecan farmer and theologian down in Georgia. He was speaking to a wealthy congregation that had an enormous gold cross. He asked how much they had paid for it. They explained that it was a gift from a wealthy donor and told him how much it was. When he heard how much it cost, he said, "Wow! Ya'll got ripped off. Christians used to be able to get a cross for free!" Brilliant.

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me," or, "When I was naked, you donated clothes to the Salvation Army and they clothed me." Jesus is not seeking distant acts of charity. He seeks concrete acts of love: "you fed me…you visited me in prison…you welcomed me into your home…you clothed me.