Quotes About Generosity

Be just before you are generous.

We are a generous people but we must also be just. —I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.

There are no limits to kindness and consideration.22

because in her heart it was proof that God was forever generous with His gifts: hope, love, truth, and the belief in the indestructability of the good in all people.

whenever Maeve would mention another foster case or needy child she'd heard about and say, "What's another pound on an elephant?

Good people are the same everywhere. They help each other.

Okay," I said. "First, here." I handed out squashed bacon, muffins, fruit, everything I'd been able to stuff into the cargo pockets of my pants and my jacket. In retrospect, the handful of scrambled eggs had not been a good idea, but still, my poor hungry flock fell on everything like hygiene-challenged hyenas. Gazzy actually moaned as he downed a piece of bacon in two bites.

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is doing, so that your alms may be in secret, and your Father who sees what is in secret will reward you.

Patterson created a new children's book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: "We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say, 'PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.'" He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds

To whom much is given, much is expected

like for them to say, he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, one teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then he mixed willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well. Then he spread it over a span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.

Save a life, and your path will always have light.

Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.

Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply.

It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.

Suppose you endow a charity, or university. You could put your name on it, but you could also endow it in honor of some teacher you had. People differ. There are people who prefer to be anonymous in their giving, or to put somebody else's name on it.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

To be unkind to anyone. There's no room for that. Not on my watch.

Unkindness is quite a major sin.