Quotes About Generosity

The happiest ones are those who have a character which would prefer their services to be unknown to all generations.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

We need to be generous with the women following in our footsteps in the hope that they will be generous with us.

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly.

Never miss an opportunity to look like a nice guy.

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

Women tend to reinvest their proceeds in one another, in their communities, in their children.

Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.

Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.

Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.

The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises.

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise.

What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.

Make your own luck, and then share it with others.

If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.

Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love.