Quotes About Generosity

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.

Stretch out your hand! Let no human soul wait for a benediction.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

He does good to himself who does good to his friend.

Being considerate of others will take you and your children further in life than any college or professional degree.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed.

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.

He gives twice who gives quickly.

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

God gives the milk but not the pail.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

I expect to pass though this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

When thou doest alms, do not let thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

Take egotism out, and you would castrate the benefactor.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last.

He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.