Quotes About Generosity

Rudy Vallee, conductor of the Connecticut Yankees dance orchestra if the 1930's was heart to sing; "My Time is Your Time

One of the most generous columnists in the newspaper world was 'Jimmy Hatlo': He gave a 'Tip of the Hatlo Hat' to millions of contributors and sages in his syndicated column during the first half century of the twentieth!

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received--only what you have given.

A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.

Upon this, Bernard went and sold all that he had. Now he was very rich, and with great joy he distributed his wealth to widows, to orphans, to prisoners, to monasteries, to hospitals, and to pilgrims, in all which St Francis assisted him with prudence and fidelity.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…. Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent -- criticism.

I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

there is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

Make your default mode one of generosity. It's a nice way to live, and it's contagious.

Mean People Suck!" And that goes especially for people who are mean in the name of love.

If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it ... it possesses you.

No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion, or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety

Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.

We have become so used to the occupier's contempt and his determination to maintain his stranglehold, whatever the cost, that any semblance of generosity or any sign of goodwill is greeted with surprise and jubilation.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

remember that a gift is never deserved; if it were deserved it would be a payment. Do we wish to pay our family and friends? Of course not—so just give happily, and be happy when you too receive a gift you do not deserve.

La solidaridad, o es total o no existe. Es un sentimiento que no sabe de ahorro.

La generosidad es un regalo que uno se hace a sí mismo. No hay nada mejor para sentirse bien.