Generosity Quotes

The hand of the generous man is like the clouds of heaven, which drop upon the earth fruits, herbage, and flowers; but the heart of the ungrateful is like a desert of sand, which swalloweth the showers that fall, burieth them in its bosom, and produceth nothing.

John Mair

Be generous! Give to those whom you love; give to those who love you; give to the fortunate; give to the unfortunate; yes -- give especially to those to whom you don't want to give.

W Clement Stone

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 6:35

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

Ellen G White

The happy life is a life of continual generosity in which we go out to meet and acclaim the world.

Gerald Brenan

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Pliny the Younger

Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

Mother Teresa

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Jean de la Bruyere

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.

Simon Sinek

Generosity consists not inthe sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed.

Gandhi

Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest.

Marilynne Robinson

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Isaac Barrow

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

Johnnetta B Cole

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

Abraham Lincoln

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

Margaret Cho

Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.

Alan Cohen

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

Mother Teresa

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations.

Suze Orman

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

William Arthur Ward

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

H Jackson Brown Jr

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

John Bunyan

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Anne Frank

The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.

Leonard Nimoy

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Maya Angelou

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

Ben Carson

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Billy Graham

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.

Brian Tracy

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Luke 6:27-30

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Colossians 3:12-14

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Galatians 6:9-10

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Psalms 112:5

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 19:17

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

2 Corinthians 9:6-8

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Proverbs 11:24

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 11:25

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:37-38

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

1 Timothy 6:17-19

Generosity always pays.

Junaid Jamshed

Generosity is the best investment.

Diane von Furstenberg

Forbearance is a form of generosity.

Gretchen Rubin

Generosity is the flower of justice.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cease consuming, practice generosity.

Joan Halifax

Generosity should never exceed ability.

Cicero

A single generosity enlarges the world.

Mary Anne Radmacher

The hallmark of an artist is generosity.

T Bone Burnett

Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.

Chip Ingram

True generosity means accepting ingratitude.

Coco Chanel

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

Mason Cooley

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 22:9

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Matthew 10:42

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

Luke 21:1-4

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

1 John 3:17

Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

Alexander Pope

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

Carol Ryrie Brink

Generosity is paradoxical. Those who give their resources away, receive back in turn. In offering our time, money, and energy in service of others' well-being, we enhance our own well-being as well. In letting go of some of what we own for the good of others, we better secure our own lives, too.

Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson

The generous and liberal man doth daily seek out occasions to put his virtue in practice.

Cicero

Generosity hath open hands, a zealous heart, a constant faith in earth, and a place prepared in heaven.

Thomas Chaloner

Generosity wins favour for every one, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

Goethe

A generous man will, in his treatment of an enemy, resemble the sun, which pours light all around it, even upon the clouds that strive to dim its lustre.

Annie E Lancaster

Being generous is the best way to avoid greed.

Joyce Meyer

An act of generosity is a seed, which even dropped by chance, springs up a flower.

J D Forbes

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

Simone de Beauvoir

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Simone Weil

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

Henry Taylor