Quotes About Generosity

Make a daily practice of opening your heart in compassion when you see someone less fortunate than yourself.

Giving involves leaving the ego behind.

do something expressing your kindness to someone who will be totally surprised by your actions.

give without expecting, and don't be victimized by the expectations of others.

People do not become wealthy by treating one another or the world kindly and with respect.

Feel for others--in your pocket.

Never, if possible, lie down at night without being able to say: I have made one human being at least a little wiser, or a little happier, or at least a little better this day.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

their genial and generous host, who served the MacDonalds breakfast in bed. When MacDonald took a rare first edition of a Confederate military history down from a shelf in the cabin, Cobb noticed his interest, and insisted that he keep the book. When the three went to a restaurant,

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

Love is letting him win even though you know you could slaughter him.

Peppermint Patty's team is short a glove, so I'm walking over to lend them mine." "You're kidding! Don't you think they're taking advantage of you?" "No, I'm doing it because I want to do it." "What are you, some kind of mystic?!

A song is a light we shine on others, not a light we shine on us.

Spotlight the song and give it back to people. Put it in their mouths. Songs don't belong to us. A song is a light we shine on others, not a light we shine on us.

Nice and good are different. Being nice involves immediate actions and immediate consequences—you give water to the thirsty and comfort to the afflicted right here, right now. Being good involves living in the world so that you contribute to the welfare of your fellow human beings.

There is no generosity in women. They want everything coming in and nothing going out. They show no trust. Lord God, how they hate to pay you! They will get the work of two men out of you and I guess they would beat you with whips if they were able to. No sir, not me. Never. A man will not work for a woman, not unless he has clabber for brains.

Don't be afraid of outgiving God. It is impossible to do that.

Wealth that is not shared is not truly wealth,

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

What did the plate say to the napkin? "Dinner is on me.

It wasn't the sad things that made him emotional, or the hurtful, and it certainly wasn't fear ...it was simple kindness. It was the decency in the hearts of ordinary people.

If Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree.