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Quotes about Generosity

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
— Lao Tzu
I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:The first is deep love,The second is frugality,And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.Because of deep love, one is courageous.Because of frugality, one is generous.Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.
— Lao Tzu
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year.
— Charles Dickens
Never… be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel.
— Charles Dickens
As good as gold [Tiny Tim].
— Charles Dickens
I am the Ghost of Christmas Present.
— Charles Dickens
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that - as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.
— Charles Dickens
"Wal'r, my boy," replied the Captain, "in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!' When found, make a note of."
— Charles Dickens
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
— Charles Dickens
God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all.
— Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
— Charles Dickens
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
— Charles Dickens