Quotes About Generosity

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

There's enough misery in the world today without going out of the way to create more.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

First, I am definitely going to give some money to my mission program at church, and then I have to get my mom a dishwasher.

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

I told my grandma a long time ago that I was going to take my mom and dad out the hood.

When you're going to meet your man's mom and dad, it's always nice to bring them something homemade and from the heart.

With my Mom and Dad, we always had everything that we needed, but not everything that we wanted. I am going to get my parents what they want, especially my Mom.

We grew up probably having as hard a life as anybody. A lot of times, we didn't have any food on the table. At Christmas, everybody else would always get something nice, but we'd get one T-shirt or one shirt... So I want to take care of Mom and Dad... and I'm having a damn good time doing it.

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a little crazy, but the backwash is heaven.

All I'm saying is that, you know, whether we're worth a billion, whether we're worth a million, whether we're worth $1,000, it's what's in your heart. You know, $100 a month from somebody or $50 a year for people who may be in a less economic bracket, that's as important to the Lord.

Each month from our income - we have a separate account, obviously - we give 80 percent of it to our parents back home.

I take a part of my monthly earnings, and I donate it to my foundation. And this is to distribute hot meals, distribute gifts to children. We help by giving clothing and shoes to people that don't have the resources.

When you're growing up in Jamaica and you don't have much, and then you gain more and more... you can now share the more that you have with the people that have less because you know what less is like.

I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more.

If you donate to a charity and save a few kids, 20 years down the line, there will be more people who exist because of you. In other words, you should consider your actions fully.

More money gives me the chance to help more people, to give something back.

When I was a kid, I'd always tell myself if I ever grew up to have money, I'd help even more people than I do when I didn't have any money.

My grandmother, Erminia 'Minnie' Morocco, treated cookies like a form of currency.

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

It's just so cool to be able to go out to dinner and buy my mom's dinner now. You know what I mean? She's just done so much for me. I love that I can give back to her now because she's the most amazing woman ever.