Quotes about Generosity

Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.

Jesuit theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, "The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others." Anyone who has unselfishly helped another person knows this to be true.

People who give with no strings attached almost always have an abundance mentality. They are generous because they believe that if they give, they will not run out of resources. Pastor and former college professor Henri Nouwen states, "When we refrain from giving, with a scarcity mentality, the little we have will become less. When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply.

Give first, no matter what your circumstances may be.

If you are willing to make success about giving rather than gaining, you will find your life to be greatly rewarding.

Produce second-mile followers. If you go out of your way to care about others and help them, then they will go out of their way to help you when you ask them to.

Your ultimate goal as a leader should be to work hard enough and strategically enough that you have more than enough to give and share with others.

No one becomes rich unless he enriches another.

Our goal should be to treat others better than they treat us.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.