Quotes related to 2 Corinthians 9:7
A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Upon this, Bernard went and sold all that he had. Now he was very rich, and with great joy he distributed his wealth to widows, to orphans, to prisoners, to monasteries, to hospitals, and to pilgrims, in all which St Francis assisted him with prudence and fidelity.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor.
— Francois Rabelais
Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.
— Henri Nouwen
Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
— Henri Nouwen
We often live as if our happiness depended on having. But I don't know anyone who is really happy because of what he or she has. True joy, happiness, and inner peace come from the giving of ourselves to others. A happy life is a life for others. That truth, however, is usually discovered when we are confronted with our brokenness.
— Henri Nouwen
We will never believe that we have anything to give unless there is someone who is able to receive.
— Henri Nouwen
Faith is precisely trusting that you who give gratuitously will receive gratuitously, but not necessarily from the person to whom you gave.
— Henri Nouwen
Gratitude springs from an insight, a recognition that something good has come from another person, that it is freely given to me, and meant as a favor.
— Henri Nouwen
In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day will come when the memory of my present joy will give me the strength to keep giving even when loneliness gnaws at my heart.
— Henri Nouwen
Great gift-giving involves three things: you feel what the other feels; you give freely; and you count sacrifice a bargain… those gifts are truly great which are given simply for the joy they bring to another heart.
— Henry B. Eyring
Fix not thy heart on that which is transitory; for the Dijlah, or Tigris, will continue to flow through Bagdad after the race of caliphs is extinct: if thy hand has plenty, be liberal as the date tree; but if it affords nothing to give away, be an azad, or free man, like the cypress.
— Henry David Thoreau