Quotes About Generosity

Kindness is a boomerang. You throw it out and you get it back. You had done kind things in the world, and you had been rewarded with kindness in return.

Kindness is a strong force.' 'And rare.' 'You might be looking in the wrong places.' 'Maybe.

glanced over my shoulder and saw the lady was giving away samples." Ask yourself: - How did it feel? - How did it taste? - What did it look like? - What did it sound like? - What did it smell like?

If your God complex is one in which you seek only to gain and never to give, you'll always look at the success of others with resentment." "You

Humans are selfish creatures. But love is the selfless act we are all capable of.

The best use we can make of our worldly wealth is to honour God with it in works of piety and charity.

That proves to be most wasted which is covetously and distrustfully spared.

Money is like manure, good for nothing if it is not spread. Evildoers

is.32.8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.†

The more we fix our hopes on the recompence of reward in the other world, the more free and liberal shall we be of our earthly treasure upon all occasions of doing good.

The blessing of Christ will make a little go a great way.

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ACTION STEP If you are ever bored, look for a way to get outside yourself and serve others.

Be gentle with the people who cross your path. If someone is grumpy or rude, if someone makes a mistake or does something wrong, give her the benefit of the doubt. You never know what she is carrying around inside.

Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear ' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.

The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars."

He threw all his affection at them and hoped that some of it would stick, maybe even come back to him, though if it didn't he gave it anyway; he gave it more, even, because everyone had something that needed to come out.

Love is the only thing that doubles every time it's given," said Albert Schweitzer.

Altruism is like rings in the water when you toss a pebble. At first the circles are very small, then they get larger, and finally they embrace the entire surface of the ocean. —ALEXANDRE JOLLIEN

altruism. It is their object that distinguishes them:

We should tell ourselves, once and for all, that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy, complete, independent, and great as lies in its power. Herein is no egoism, or pride. To become effectually generous and sincerely humble there must be within us a confident, tranquil, and clear comprehension of all that we owe to ourselves.

Oh, and I almost forgot to say, Neighbour Berlingot's little girl actually did get well, when her brother brought her the beautiful bird in his cage. Did I hear someone ask whether the bird had changed colours, and really was blue ? Well, if Tyltyl and Mytyl's joy and happiness gave him a magnificent blue plumage, isn't that enough? Without knowing it, these gentle children had discovered Light's great secret, which is that we draw nearer to happiness by trying to give it to others!

The basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you.

To do good to others because we want them to do good to us is essentially selfish. In time we must learn to do good regardless of how we are treated by others; as Christ said, we must love even our enemies.