Quotes About Generosity

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

At the close of life the question will be not how much have you got, but how much have you given; nor how much have you won, but how much have you done; not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed; how much have you loved and served, not how much were you honored.

If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like now.

Love ever gives. Forgives outlives. And ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogatives -- to give, and give, and give.

Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house...let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess.

I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour; for a day, for a month, but I can give and I'm very happy to do that and I want to do that.

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life happiness, freedom and peace of mind are always attained by giving them to someone else.

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.

T the close of life the question will be not how much have you got, but how much have you given; nor how much have you won, but how much have you done; not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed; how much have you loved and served, not how much were you honored.

Be loving and the love in your life will increase.

What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others.

A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness, speak cheering words while their ears can hear, and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by them.

Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also those who need it so much. Daphne Rose Kingma Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.

The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything

The highest love of all finds its fulfillment not in what it keeps, but in what it gives