Quotes about Generosity

You've given aid and they've received it. And yet, like an idiot, you keep holding out for more: to be credited with a Good Deed, to be repaid in kind. Why?

That whenever I felt like helping someone who was short of money, or otherwise in need, I never had to be told that I had no resources to do it with. And that I was never put in that position myself—of having to take something from someone else.

When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not. When you deal with fellow human beings, behave as one. They share in the logos. And invoke the gods regardless. Don't worry about how long you'll go on doing this. A single afternoon would be enough. 24.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

We don't practise generosity in order to secure gratitude, nor do we invest our gifts in the hope of a favourable return. Rather, it is nature that inclines us towards generosity. Just so, we don't seek friendship with an expectation of gain, but regard the feeling of love as its own reward.

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

In this world you have to take your bits and ends of kindness where you can find them, as they do not grow on trees.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.

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

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.