Quotes About Generosity

Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. – Charles Dickens

Real kindness seeks no return; What return can the world make to rain clouds? ~ Tiruvalluvar

The world is a den of thieves, and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. The poison affects us all. No one escapes. Therefore let us be happy while we are happy. Let us be kind, generous, affectionate and good. It is necessary and not at all shameful to take pleasure in the little world.

With his intellectual rigor goes a great generosity of spirit.

What is love? Love is not a collection of words, a sonnet, music or art. Love is the act of you not existing so that someone else can.

When you're older you'll come to realize that acts of kindness are few and far between in this world of ours.

But my parents believed that if you've been blessed, you have an obligation to make a positive impact on the world. Altruism must run in the family.

Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper.

I used to think you could help people only with money. Actually, you can't really help anyone, but you can give them pleasure.

At the start of every conversation ask yourself what can I give, not what can I take.

To give support should be commonplace in our society, not to be asked for.

We only have what we give.

Give of yourself, not yourself.

We took a bowl each and started eating. He went back into the little room, and by the time he returned to the table with his own bowl of food to eat with us, we had already finished. He was shocked and looked around to see if we had done something else with the food.

Someone else's material needs are my spiritual responsibility.

I cannot emphasize it too strongly that our gifts-whether they consist in wealth, or in the ability to sing, to paint, to build, or to count-are not given unto us to be used for our pleasure merely, or as means of our advancement, weather social or intellectual. But they are given unto us that we may use them for helping those who need help.

The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.

Don't bury it, use it. Don't keep it in, give it away. Don't turn that love in, turn that love out.

Kebahagian anda tumbuh berkembang manakal anda membantu orang lain. Namun, bilamana anda tidak mencoba membantu sesama, kebahagian akan layu dan mengering. Kebahagian bagaikan sebuah tanaman, harus di sirami setiap hari dengan sikap dan tindakan memberi

Amar es dar lo que no se tiene

the best use of one's life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Life's value is not its duration but its donation—not how long we live but how fully and how well.1

The real spiritual leader is focused on the service he and she can render to God and other people, not on the residuals and perks of high office or holy title. We must aim to put more into life than we take out.

My father said: You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.