Quotes About Generosity

When it comes to gift giving, I always want to get everyone a little something. The problem is that every time I go holiday shopping for others, I come out of the stores with shoes for myself.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

I was gifted at birth with this talent, and I've tried to honor it all my life. And I did - through hell and storms and tsunamis and earthquakes. I've been through too much not to know that giving back is everything.

My nanna was an extraordinary lady, and a good old-fashioned cook. She'd just be pottering around, cooking dinner for 25 people on a wood-fired stove without a problem.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

For those of us that can do it, do something nice for a stranger. Do something nice for a family member.

Fueled by the kindness and generosity of strangers, 'Food for the Poor' builds houses for people.

The Internet is full of strangers, generous strangers who want to help you for no reason at all. Strangers post poetry and discographies and advice and essays and photos and art and diatribes. None of them are known to you, in the old-fashioned sense. But they give the Internet its life and meaning.

You couldn't ask more of a miracle than it was willing to give.

Be a lovecat," I replied. "And that means: Offer your wisdom freely. Give away your address book to everyone who wants it. And always be human.

You can't be negative when you're in giving-thanks mode. You can't be jealous of others when you are filled with a sense of personal abundance. Gratitude will improve your attitude and lift the altitude at which you fly in life.

giving intangibles works like lighting candles. When you do it, you create more lit candles, not fewer.

When you give to grow others' capabilities, you create abundance in their lives. No matter who you are, you can give power to people too. It's a matter of understanding what intangible value you have that's worth sharing.

When you give power, especially to those around you, you create a more powerful world. When your giving empowers others, you gain more confidence in them and, in turn, in yourself. If you give others enough power, they will go beyond independence to possess material and intangible prosperity. This will allow them to go from being recipients to givers and make it possible for them to feel the joy and significance you feel when you get to help others in need.

Identify the source for all the opportunities, experiences, and relationships you appreciate. Your job, the life-changing trip you took last year, your home, your car—all of these came from a source who cares about you and is thoughtful toward you. The immediate source could be a person or a group of people, but ultimately the source of all these good things is God.

Giving is like any other exercise: The more you do it, the better you get at it and the more you get out of it. You shouldn't do it on occasion, only in response to an emergency or on someone's birthday. You should do it all the time.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

There are right ways and wrong ways to give. In most cases, the difference lies in the motivation behind it. Always scrutinize the why behind the what.

Giving What We Can, que insta a la gente a comprometerse a dar al menos el 10 por ciento de sus ingresos

Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) Deworm the World Initiative Give Directly

Aquí tienes un resumen muy simplificado: El «éxito» no tiene por qué ser complicado. Basta con empezar haciendo muy muy felices a mil personas.

Franklin saw the constant benefit in making other people look good and letting them take credit for your ideas.

Success" need not be complicated. Just start with making 1,000 people extremely, extremely happy.

No matter what the situation may be, the right course of action is always compassion and love." (paraphrased from one of his teachers, Barbara McNally)