Quotes About Generosity

The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.

To complain that life has no joys while there is a single creature whom we can relieve by our bounty, assist by our counsels or enliven by our presence, is to lament the loss of that which we possess, and is just as rational as to die of thirst with the cup in our hands.

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.

The fragrance of what you give away stays with you.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.

Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.

We not only need to be willing to give, but also to be open to receiving from others.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man.

I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in.

If thine enemy- be hungry, give him bread to eat.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.

If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

I think the truest things come from silence, but everything's always so clogged up with noise. If everything falls away, and you can truly listen to someone, giving them yourself and generosity, you can truly lose yourself in what they're saying. Like, not impose your ideas on what they're saying, but really tune into them.

Be generous with your time and money - it has an amazingly fast payback. Be in the moment with everyone you love - and this frequently means tuning out work completely. And drive slow in parking lots.