Quotes About Generosity

Not our outstretched beggars' hands, but rather that with which God fills them is what matters; and that means precisely not us and our actions, but rather first of all God and God's actions.

When Noam was a kid and felt picky about choking down gefilte fish on Pesach, his dad sat him down and told him the story of la pobre viejecita. Once upon a time, there was an old lady with nothing to eat but meat, fruit and sweets... and he'd flop another lump of poached fish on Noam's plate and say, "God bless us with the poverty of that poor old woman.

Why were we hungry? my stomach cried. Even then I understood that if the rich could only spare all the hungry a bowl of rice, they would be less rich but they would not starve. If the solution was so simple, why was anyone hungry? Was it only a lack of sympathy?

Even then I understood that if the rich could only spare all the hungry a bowl of rice, they would be less rich but they would not starve.

el dinero no vivía hasta que no lo gastabas, y en especial en compañía de amigos…»

being of the firm belief that money did not live until it was spent, particularly in the company of friends.

The greatest blessing in life is to BE a Blessing to others.

A person is always ready to favour him from whom he received a gift in the past.

Beware of a wicked man who is trying to be generous.

Charity should be done from the heart not from the pocket.

Give something to your child if you think he must give it later to those when they need it badly.

Giving what one does not possess is always a sign of charity.

God helps and also remembers those who help others before they help themselves.

He who shares the meat is always left with the bone.

Never help a person who doesn't help anybody else.

No matter how generous you are, you don't give your wife away.

The hand which gives is far better than the one which receives.

The man who doesn't know how to confer a kindness has not the right to ask any for himself.

There is no charity without love.

There is no harm in reminding your relatives and friends that it is better to give than to receive.

To give in order to receive is not to give, but to beg.

You can measure your desire for going to Heaven by what you have done to others.

You have to be nice until you earn your first million, and after that people will be nice to you.

I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.