Quotes about Generosity
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Love - the more you share with others, the more you have.
— Mother Teresa
That best portion of a good man's life— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
— Andrew Carnegie
Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie
How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.
— Andrew Murray
God delights to pour His love into us. Why? Because, as I said, God keeps nothing for Himself. From eternity God had His only begotten Son, and the Father gave Him all things, and nothing that God had was kept back. "God is love.
— Andrew Murray
Do not be thinking of how little you have to bring God, but of how much He wants to give you.
— Andrew Murray
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
— Samuel Johnson
ALMSDEED (ALMSDEED) n.s.[from alms and deed.]An act of charity; a charitable gift. This woman was full of good works, and almsdeeds which she did.BibleActs,ix. 36. Hard favour'd Richard, where art thou?Thou art not here: murder is thy almsdeed;Petitioner for blood thou ne'er put'st back.Shakespeare'sHenry VI.
— Samuel Johnson
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
— John Bunyan
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
— John Bunyan