Quotes about Generosity

It ended. Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering - and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

I want these medals to be for everyone, not just myself.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Other than scoring touchdowns, that's probably the thing that makes me the most happy. Helping other people.

Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.

If you've opened your loving to God's love, you're helping people you don't know and have never seen.

the real issue for most of us is that we always want to place limits on our love. We are ready to give, but only when we have something left over. We are willing to care as long as it isn't too inconvenient. We are able to love provided that people love us back.