Quotes about Generosity
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments which we possess are divine deposits entrusted to us for the very purpose of being distributed for the good of our neighbor.
— John Calvin
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
— John Calvin
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
— John Calvin
Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.
— Joel Osteen
The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'
— Philip Yancey
They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.
— Publilius Syrus
You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.
— Rick Warren
Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
— Ben Stein
It is not my experience that life's difficulties make people more charitable.
— Cormac McCarthy
When you express your unique talents and use them in the service of humanity, you create abundance in your life and the lives of others.
— Deepak Chopra
I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better.
— Oprah Winfrey
The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.
— George W. Bush