Quotes About Generosity

Happy new year everbody! And remember: be kind to eachother.

La tsédaka n'est pas qu'un simple principe de générosité. C'est non seulement un vrai projet messianique pour le monde, un bouleversement, mais également une règle à suivre quotidiennement, une discipline personnelle qui, comme toute chose dans notre tradition, est expliqué dans les moindres détails. Ensemble (extrait du mot de la fin, par Yeshaya Dalsace, Rabbin de la communauté Maayane Or, Nice)

Those were for charity, Clark.

Yo, strong ups to Big Daddy Tapper for frontin' the bill on dem wingz.

decided I was going to be a Person Who Chooses To Be Kind To Others At All Times, No Matter What.

Giving to others is where most of our energy is generated, when we give it comes back tenfold and allows us to give more and to channel the self-perpetuating energy into our life goal. 'The most sublime act is to set another before you.

We are here to serve, but the beauty is that when we serve others we also serve ourselves, what we give out is what we get back. The best way then actually to get what you want from life is to help others to get what they want. So why not help more and why give out rubbish when that is exactly what we will get back?

Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary.

a generous backer of your town's museums, schools and churches.

The living need charity more than the dead.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.

O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude...

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

How beautiful a day can be When kindness touches it!

Almost everyone will be nice to almost everyone, using money taken from a few.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

How much are you willing to pay?" she asked. "Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous—some families would put him up for a week for a single coin. "Half a doubloon a day," she said. "No, you see, the idea behind bargaining is that you ask for a larger amount." Apparently, he understood sarcasm just fine.

Being kind to people and paying attention shouldn't be done with the expectation of repayment. I helped them because I could, and it made me happy.

If I have a care in the world, I have a gift to give.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Most important quality in the man of your dreams? No, my dears, it isn't great hair. Or even killer abs. In my book, it's selflessness. Give me a man who puts others before himself, and that's a man I'll keep.

Quite apart from the fact that we usually pay so dearly for our follies, we should be generous about them, to ourselves and others. Yes, we always pay for them, and sometimes the smallest indiscretions cost as much as the largest.

We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.