Quotes About Generosity

If you have the choice between being right and being kind, choose to be kind

A happy person strikes a balance between doing good and doing well.

The law that outflow determines inflow is expressed by Jesus in this powerful image: "Give and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap."1

The only actions that do not cause opposing reactions are those that are aimed at the good of all.

Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. The fact is: Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. You are withholding it because deep down you think you are small and that you have nothing to give.

You cannot receive what you don't give.

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

Ask yourself often: 'What can I give here; how can I be of service to this person, this situation?

The fact is: Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. You are withholding it because deep down you think you are small and that you have nothing to give.

unfailing courtesy and willingness to be of service.

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

It had evidently not occurred to her as yet that those who consent to share the bread of adversity may want the whole cake of prosperity for themselves.

Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths.

A sua afirmação - as mulheres deviam ser livres, livres como nós - ia até ao fundo de um problema que no seu mundo se convencionara não existir. Boas mulheres, embora injustiçadas, nunca exigiriam o género de liberdade que ele pensava, e homens de espírito generoso como ele ficavam - assim no calor do argumento - cavalheirescamente prontos para conceder-lha.

by some obscure process of logic, she felt that her momentary burst of generosity had justified all previous extravagances, and excused any in which she might subsequently indulge.

As mulheres não são generosas quando o assunto é emprestar dinheiro e a maioria daquelas que a cercavam ou estavam na mesma situação ou não faziam a menor ideia das necessidades que ela passava.

When I grew up I would always be frank, loving and generous.

All of our time, energy, and money go into keeping people away from us, into building up walls. What if we didn't do that? What if we became part of the world around us? What if we used all of that time, energy, and money for something else? For a greater good? We would no longer be people who were only worth a trash bag full of ransom money. We would be people who were worth something real.

To a foreign eye, America has so much philanthropy and so little charity. Most people have to kill themselves to prove that they deserve ordinary kindness, while a tiny group of people never stop boasting about how generous they are – as long as it's tax-deductible.

Our goal is to love people more than need them. We are overflowing pitchers, not leaky cups.

most gifts emerge in the context of serving people.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.