Quotes about Generosity

The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.

When you give bread to a beggar we give him that taste of paradise which only the poor can savor.

This is the bread of affliction which our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let all those who are hungry come and eat with us. Let all those who are in need come and share our meal. This year we are here. Next year may we all be in the land of Israel.

To me, a lady is not frilly, flouncy, flippant, frivolous and fluff-brained, but she is gentle, she is gracious, she is godly and she is giving. You and I have the gift of femininity... the more womanly we are, the more manly men will be and the more God is glorified. Be women, be only women, be real women in obedience to God.

The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.

Jesus teaches us to give richly, serve sacrificially, and love unconditionally.

It's not what you get, but what you give that is God's true measure of a life.

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

The poison of selfishness destroys the world.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.