Quotes About Generosity

How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent controlled starvation and confirmed how quickly it impacts the initiative and generosity we like to think of as American characteristics.

Many of the so-called American characteristics,' a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, '—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the expected behavior response of a well-fed people.

Is it so strange to want to give of yourself totally and completely? If that is what's in Miracolina's heart, why should it be denied her?

Then she offered Citra ice cream that was the best she'd ever tasted.

You will take no more than you need, and waste nothing. People will attempt to buy your friendship. They will lavish things upon you. Accept nothing but the barest of human necessities.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

What is your philosophy of life?" "Think as little as possible." "Anything else?" "When you can't think of anything else to do, be kind.

Jos et keksi mitä tekisit, niin ole kiltisti. (Auringonvalo, tässä olen, s. 217)

The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy. It was something we would all have to work for once again.

And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

After she had licked the last white drop of the ice cream, she reached out her cone to Mrs. McKennet and said, "Here's your little horn back.

If every generation helps the next take one step up, imagine where we might all be someday.

A hardship mentality can make us narrow and defensive. A success and prosperity mentality can make us selfish. An attitude of thankfulness to God, for what He gives us, can make us truly generous.

Lord, help me to see that what I have has been given and this makes a claim on me to be generous and not to hold things simply to myself. Amen.

Go then, I will keep a herring in the window for you.

I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.

Real generosity is also showing up when you don't feel like it—sacrificing your own happiness in exchange for someone else's.

Our people say that if you thank a man for what he has done he will have strength to do more.

those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Generosity is not so much a virtuous act as it is a virtuous response.

Even after most cultures established monetary economies, day-to-day transactions within close-knit social groups, from families to tribes, was still mostly without price. The currencies of generosity, trust, goodwill, reputation, and equitable exchange still dominate the goods and services of the family, the neighborhood, and even within the workplace. In general, no cash is required among friends.

When you think about it, the hyperlink is the ultimate act of generosity online. When somebody links to another site, what they're doing is telling their readers to go elsewhere.

10. Manage for abundance, not scarcity.

I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser.