Quotes about Generosity
A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.
— Andrew Carnegie
Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.
— Mark Twain
If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.
— David O. McKay
Wouldn't it be well to give some of your bouquets before a man dies, and not go and load down his coffin? He can't enjoy them then.
— DL Moody
The knowledge that I have acquired must not remain imprisoned in my brain. I owe it to many men and women to do something with it. I feel the need to pay back what was given to me. Call it gratitude.
— Elie Wiesel
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.
— Aristotle
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
— Confucius
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.
— Harry S. Truman
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies
— Tertullian
We must exercise the largest charity towards the wrong-doer that is compatible with relentless war against the wrong-doing. We must be just to others, generous to others, and yet we must realize that it is a shameful and a wicked thing not to withstand oppression with high heart and ready hand.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.
— Thomas a Kempis