Quotes about Generosity

Whatever you have received more than others in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life, all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. You must pay a price for it. You must render in return an unusually great sacrifice of your life for other life.

But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.

The only ones among us who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak.

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

Philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.

Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.

Every man therefore is bound to do all the good he can to others, especially for the church and commonwealth.