Quotes About Generosity

A little help is worth a great deal of pity.

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

Live and let live is not enough; live and help live is not too much.

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian-to help them is.

Sharing what you have is more important than what you have.

A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good to which we are entitled, we must give of that which we have.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself.

Whoever in trouble and sorrow needs your help, give it to him. Whoever in anxiety or fear needs your friendship, give it to him. It isn't important whether he likes you. It isn't important whether you approve of his conduct. It isn't important what his creed or nationality may be.

I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

God loveth a cheerful giver.

We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.

Charity begins at home, and usually stays there.

Charity looks at the need, not at the cause.

He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.

He that has no charity deserves no mercy.

Give what you have. To someone else it may be better than you dare to think.

Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word.

What boundary ever set limits to the service of mankind?