Quotes about Generosity
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
— Thomas Merton
God does not give his joy to us for ourselves alone, and if we could possess him for ourselves alone we would not possess him at all. Any joy that does not overflow from our souls and help other men to rejoice in God does not come to us form God. (But do not think that you have to see how it overflows into the souls of others. In the economy of his grace, you may be sharing his gifts with someone you will never know until you get to heaven.)
— Thomas Merton
Love is free; it does not depend on the desirability of its object, but loves for love's sake.
— Thomas Merton
We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others. What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean, first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and a great good, not because of what it gives us, but because of what it enables us to give to others.
— Thomas Merton
True happiness is found in unselfish love, a love which increases in proportion as it is shared.
— Thomas Merton
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy
— Thomas Merton
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy
— Thomas Merton
Go out into the world and do well; but more importantly—go out into the world and do good.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
Being totally committed to Jesus and living to give. If you are not living to give, then you are living for yourself and cutting off the flow of God. Living to give will bring you into the place of living from your giving. Giving
— Kenneth Copeland
Giving is the most powerful tool God has at His command. It is His cardinal law.
— Kenneth Copeland
One of the exciting benefits of this revelation is that financial harvests are not seasonal. If you give, you will receive! You may not receive the harvest immediately, but if you plant, you will always be on the receiving end. The Word says to cast your bread on the water and after many days it will return to you (Ecclesiastes 11:1).
— Kenneth Copeland
She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.
— CS Lewis