Quotes About Generosity

A loving heart is an inventive one.

Money, for me, is just to create bigger and better things. A lot of guys in the deejaying world flaunt it, but I don't see any use in that. I don't need anything. I live in hotels. Most of my clothes I get for free. I like to invest in ideas. In people.

Joy makes us want to invest more deeply in the people around us. It makes us want to learn more about our communities. It makes us want to be able to find ways of being able to make this a better external world for all of us.

I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

It's never too early to involve your kids in giving back. And the more hands-on the experiences are, the better.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Iranian people are very hospitable, very family-oriented and besides that they have a very beautiful country.

I remember I hadn't bought anything for my Mum for Christmas and I actually won an iron, so I was excited that I could take that home for her.

Jazzy Jeff is somebody who taught me what I really wanted to do for other people. He has the big ol' house where musicians can come there, stay for a while, create music, eat, reset.

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Every time I sign a contract, I donate something to charity and buy a piece of jewelry. Whether the movie gets made or not, it's a celebration.

I honestly don't need much money. People love to buy me drinks. Hostesses love to feed me. Famous artists lavish me with expensive artworks, and heiresses do the same with jewels that I promptly lose.

As a senior in high school with no money working several jobs, I was sent to a wonderful school on the East Coast by a wonderful Jewish man. I've never forgotten that. I've sent over 5,000 young people to school around the world in memory of him because he was so gracious to me.

As Jews, we are commanded to give tzedakah - an act of justice, not charity - because it is the righteous thing to do.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

I did 'Lonely Hearts' with John Travolta and James Gandolfini. Talk about getting over your fears. These guys were amazing! Also, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of my favorites. We've made 3 films together. He is such a generous, giving actor.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

I am always joking and always clowning, giving and helping.

In charity there is no excess.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

A disciple of Jesus Christ has received gifts from the Lord, and the Lord asks his disciples to be generous with others as he is generous with them.

Giving alms is not commanded just to help those in need. It is also necessary to help each of us live more freely, more gratuitously, more like the God in whose image we are made.