Quotes about Generosity

It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies

We must exercise the largest charity towards the wrong-doer that is compatible with relentless war against the wrong-doing. We must be just to others, generous to others, and yet we must realize that it is a shameful and a wicked thing not to withstand oppression with high heart and ready hand.

Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

Whoever loves much, does much...

Nothing will hinder you more than thinking only about yourself.

What I have given, I can take away and restore when it pleases Me. What I give remains Mine, and thus when I take it away I take nothing that is yours, for every good gift and every perfect gift is Mine.

Then may he be truly poor and naked in spirit, and be able to say with the Prophet, As for me, I am poor and needy.(2) Nevertheless, no man is richer than he, no man stronger, no man freer. For he knoweth both how to give up himself and all things, and how to be lowly in his own eyes. (1) Luke xvii. 10. (2) Psalm xxv. 16.

He doth much who loveth much. He doth much who doth well. He doth well who ministereth to the public good rather than to his own.

If he shall not lose his reward, who gives a cup of cold water to his thirst neighbor, what will not be the reward for those who, by putting good books into the hands of those neighbors, open to them the fountains of eternal life?"

Charity is love; not all love is charity.

Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need