Quotes about Generosity

Faith isn't simply tied to belief. It is tied to an action. Faith is tied to your feet. The power of faith comes when you are willing to give the very thing that you need to someone else so God can give "it" back to you.

In God's kingdom, we receive life by giving it away.

The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What

You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice.

Anyone can give away something expensive, but only those who understand sacrifice can give away something valuable.

I was beginning to learn from my grandfather that love covers a multitude of sins and that I was more important to him than his stuff.

after all, hospitality was a virtue, one of the highest in Mamma's esteem.

Formal religion only takes us so far — for it is both safe and doable. Love, however, knows no limits, takes costly risks, and looks for ways to give more.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

The love we give away is the only one we keep.