Quotes About Generosity

Sin easily hides where there is no heat of trials and afflictions. In times of prosperity and success, even a wicked man will seem kind and generous. Under the heat of trials, however, the impurities surface.

You know, some day, when you're all older,' he said, looking around the room, 'you're going to have troubles of your own and you'll have friends who are going through tough times. Maybe it'll even be one of your own children. And when that happens, you'll look back at the way you're all behaving now and wonder whether you might not have been able to show a little more kindness.

gave half-a-crown to a beggar because I saw him yawn; he was a fellow-sufferer.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;

Getters generally don't get happiness; givers get it.

John Wesley: "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.

The happiest people are those who have invested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself.

look at the wisdom (and humor) found in this Chinese proverb: If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a month—get married. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help others.

You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Cuando su mentalidad es dar más de lo que toma, lo fuerza a pensar más en los demás que en usted mismo.

Doing for others what they can't do for themselves is really a matter of attitude. I believe that whatever I've been given is to be shared with others. And because I have an abundance mind-set, I never worry about running out myself. The more I give away, the more I seem to get to give away.

Usted no habrá vivido el día de hoy hasta que haya hecho algo por alguien que nunca podrá pagarle. –JOHN BUNYAN

To be successful is to be helpful, caring, and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better. The best thing you have to give is yourself." If

Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "All that is not given is lost.

Put your money to work. If you know someone with the vision to do something really great—something that will positively impact the lives of others—provide resources for him to accomplish it. Put your money to work for something that will outlive you.

Money is like manure. If you let it pile up, it just smells. But if you spread it around, you can encourage things to grow.

Mother Teresa said, "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

Give to others? Why? I have needs too

Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness