Quotes About Generosity

I knew that anything we do to show love is worthwhile: a smile, a word of encouragement, a small act of sacrifice. We grow by these actions.

Willa Jean, pleased to have her grandmother on her side, set a red checker on top of a black checker. "Your turn," she said to Ramona as if she were being generous.

Hello, you old dog," Henry said. "You can't have my ice cream cone.

Non dobbiamo mai rimandare a più tardi quando vogliamo aiutare qualcuno.

he also engaged in many charitable works, notably the building of one of the world's largest orphanages for boys (and boys alone; orphan girls would have to look elsewhere)

So what do you say to some cream soda? Katz said brightly. I'll buy. I looked at him with deepened interest. You don't have any money. I know. I'll buy it with your money.

do as much as you can for as many as you can, every day. Even on the bad days, there's always something good you can do.

Think of how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, Who can we help today and how can we do it? instead of Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

Even on the bad days, there's always something good you can do.

When your heart is filled every day by the kindness of the Father, you have enough of His grace overflowing that you can extend His grace to others.

To love as God loves, in other words, you may have to part with whatever is most precious to you for the sake of someone else.

The world writes books with titles like Think and Grow Rich, but if Jesus were writing for today's market, he'd title his book Love and Give Everything Away.

We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.

Tony kept my job open. He offered to backstop me with the money I needed. But it was the way he did it I'll never forget, with love and respect, like a human being holding out his hand to someone who needed it.

Kind words do not cost much, yet they accomplish much.

Inside this building, the world had felt generous, limitless, like a safe spot for dreams to grow.

foolish God is with me, my sweet, spendthrift, profligate Lord, bestowing on me more gifts than I can number and certainly more than I deserve, believing in me more than makes sense, asking of me things I would not have thought myself capable of.

All suffering comes from cherishing ourselves. All happiness comes from cherishing others. —Tibetan saying

Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will become. And the other purpose is it enables you to extend the service you provide far beyond your own presence.

You want to make sure that your purpose is something people can benefit from long after you're gone.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.