Quotes About Generosity

We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

You, little bird, are welcome to any and all of my cookies. I'd even share my cake with you.

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems.

Sabe, às vezes, quando esquecemos de fazer as coisas para os outros, (...) é porque estamos envolvidos demais com os nossos problemas. (...) Quando, na verdade, precisamos esquecer de nós mesmos.

Don't give away what you have, but don't let what you have all you ever have.

Its not what the universe gives us that matters, but what we give the universe

The God who impoverished himself is also the God of abundance, and somehow, perhaps at times nonsensically, Christians are called to live out of an ethic not of scarcity but of abundance—an abundance that extends both to the homeless neighbor and to the artist neighbor. . .

We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them

Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful.

Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, "Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your trees be forever fruitful.

And we need their generosity to keep this place open. Or, just as likely, someone got nervous and got rid of it preemptively. Us public libraries--a lot of us just can't take the risk.

There's a lot of people would say the same if they weren't all hypocrites. Old people are just a nuisance.' 'It's a good thing we don't all think like that, dear. Josh and me are glad to give a helping hand.

Vermek bir tutku, neredeyse bir kusurdur. Kendisine bir ?eyler verebilece?imiz bir kimsemiz olmas? gerekir.

When we let go of the self, we are more inspired to work with others; and when we are generous to others, we realize that the self is lost.

Generosity is a willingness to give, to open without philosophical or pious or religious motives, just simply doing what is required at any moment in any situation, not being afraid to receive anything.

sleeping—you should always take the attitude of being of benefit to all sentient beings.

Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is environmental generosity, without direction, without 'for me' and without 'for them.' It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, and constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.

reads: [1] May their evil deeds ripen in me. May all my virtue without exception ripen in them. [2] I offer all my profit and gain to sentient beings, those honorable ones; I will take on all loss and defeat. [3] May all the evil deeds and suffering of sentient beings ripen in me, and all my virtue and happiness ripen in sentient beings.

The eleventh gift is Love. It will grow each time you give it away.

Let not poor Nelly starve.

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

The rule is any decent-looking girl asks to share your drink or have a lick of your ice cream or take a bite of a sandwich, you say yes. It's gross if you think about it, especially like now, Kristi's lips all covered with Ryan's spit, but there are some rules even you wouldn't break.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who. when alive, would not have contributed.

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.