Quotes about Generosity

We will be a country of generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order.

Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it.

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley.

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs, because my possible future needs outweigh their actual present needs. I fail to love my neighbor as myself.