Generosity Quotes - Page 19

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit.

Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act of generosity would become the measure of a human life.

I truly believe that generosity begets generosity. You give before you receive.

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.

God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds.

Giving is the business of the rich.

Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who we generally consider as adversaries.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.

I cannot think of a better definition of Christianity than that: give, give, give.

It is cheap generosity which promises the future in compensation for the present.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

I should like to make myself free to all who care to attend my lectures.

There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased; till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive.

Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.

With wisdom we shall learn liberality.

Where position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success.

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.

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

[T]he notion that a belief in self-reliance cannot coexist with a spirit of generosity is crap. In fact, one is far less likely to find a spirit of generosity among the advocates of governmentally-required "compassion".

As Coleridge said, "We receive but what we give." The happy life is a life of continual generosity in which we go out to meet and acclaim the world.