Quotes About Generosity

My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

My mother still sends a cake to the office for my birthday.

My mother told me that niceness and kindness goes a long way.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

Kindness in giving creates love.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Spread your love everywhere you go.

Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.

As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire.