Quotes About Generosity

It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.

Be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you. Be generous in helping the unfortunate and those in distress. But bind to you friends of your own kind. Friends who will encourage you. Stand with you. Live as you desire to live; who will enjoy the same kind of entertainment; and who will resist the evil that you determine to resist.

The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.

That's the test, when all is said and done. Does it persuade one to do good, to rise, to stand tall, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be generous? Then it is of the Spirit of God. If it is dark, sinister, ugly, not good, then you may know that it is of the adversary.

Finally, the generous giver is someone who, in a sense, lays the tracks for others to find eternal life.

Give goodness to the day and before you know it, the day will be giving goodness to you.

Reach up (to accept blessings). Bend down (to respect humbly). Reach out (to give freely).

When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day.

Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round.

'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

Open your presents at Christmastime but be thankful year-round for the gifts you receive.

Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality. Given the planet, it is still necessary to add the impulse; so, to every creature nature added a little violence of direction in its proper path, a shove to put it on its way; in every instance, a slight generosity, a drop too much.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.

Nothin's as mean as givin' a little child somethin' useful fer Christmus.

Grandma serves kisses, counsel, and cookies daily.

A garden of love grows in a grandmother's heart.

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

...and mighty proud I am, and ought to be thankful to God Almighty that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to lodge and feed certain persons who are not in want of food and lodging.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants and to serve them one's self, so as to have somewhat left to give, instead of being always prompt to grab?

If you want to be happy, be kind to others.

We cannot afford to be anchorites. There is no such thing as being happy ourselves unless we make others happy.

Let the rays of your heart shine on all who pass by.