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Quotes About Generosity

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
~ Warren Buffett
He who plants kindness gathers love.
~ Saint Basil
Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.
~ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.
~ D. Elton Trueblood
Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!
~ Saadi
Charity is like warmth in springtime or summer that causes grass, plants, and trees to grow. Without charity, or spiritual warmth, nothing grows.
~ Emanuel Swedenborg
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
~ Khalil Gibran
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.
~ Saint Basil
Maybe instead of buying myself another Barbie, I could donate that to the Kmart Wishing Tree.
~ Hamish Blake
Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.
~ Alfred North Whitehead
A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.
~ Austin O'Malley
The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!
~ James Monroe
Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.
~ Natalie Angier
Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.
~ Laozi
Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
~ Laozi
If we just give God the little that we have, we can trust Him to make it go around.
~ Gloria Gaither
People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
~ Andrew Carnegie
God has blessed me with more than I need. I'm rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more.
~ Craig Groeschel
Oxytocin is lauded for how it promotes warmth, generosity, social bonding, cooperation, trust, and compassion.
~ Robert M. Sapolsky
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
~ Andrew Carnegie