Quotes About Generosity

Be kind to an old man.

To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion communicates his own soul.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.

Where there's more of singing and less of sighing, Where there's more of giving and less of buying, And a man makes friends without half trying That's where the West begins.

Emancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie.

The good man brings good to things out of the good stored up in his heart.

The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

For when down on the knees The man (or god) stretches the arms In giving, It is no accident the hands Are curled like bowls or cups, For he offers self, yet Begs it back again.

May liberal men abound with us! May our knowledge of the Vedas and our progeny increase! May faith not forsake us! May we have much to give to the needy.

It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

A gentleman is one who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share othe world and lets other people have theirs.

Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.

A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.

What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?