Quotes About Generosity

No nation helps more people around the globe. Our deep generosity is given so freely that it is simply expected, by others and by ourselves. From Ethiopia to Haiti to Japan where there is tragedy, famine or disaster, we lead the way with private and public help.

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'

Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.

You give to get. Whether it's helping someone or training a kid, I believe you will be rewarded in some way.

Haiti, if you've ever met a Haitian person, they are just really positive, and literally, if you're friends with them, then they will do anything for you. So I think that's something that is, like, a really good trait, and I'm really happy that my grandparents and my dad's side of the family is like that.

The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.

I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its time, but also impulses of generosity that transcend our particular era's messes.

Any time you make the transfer of 'I've created something, and I'm giving it to you, and I hope it makes you happy,' that's good.

When people treat you well, you just want to transfer it back over.

When I got my first payment, I made a bank transfer to my family.

I wanted to write about the transformative power of small acts of kindness. An old man falls in the street, you stop and make sure he's OK. Or even smaller acts than that, though - buying someone a cup of coffee, telling them their hair looks nice - sometimes you don't realise the transformative effect on people. I wanted to celebrate that.

It is true that the U.S. could and should have been more generous as Russia made its painful transition to a market economy in the 1990s.

Donate to the extent that even if you don't have food for yourself after feeding the needy

Not even let your left hand know when your right hand is donating

Shower your unconditional love even if it might be a stranger

It ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Give all profit and gain to others, Take all loss and defeat on yourself.

the Tonglen practice of giving and receiving is to take on the suffering and pain of others, and give them your happiness, well-being, and peace of mind.

Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes . . .

My interest in material wealth and greed for possessions were replaced by a thirst for spiritual understanding and a passionate desire to see world conditions improve.1

Rather than suppressing emotions or indulging in them, here it is important to view them, and your thoughts, and whatever arises with an acceptance and a generosity that are as open and spacious as possible.

He, however, lost nothing by his kindness

Don't give out cos u have alot, give out like u don't worth what u own