Generosity Quotes - Page 8

In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never been compromised. That truth is that it is beyond the realm of possibilities that one has the ability to out-give God. Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

A good relationship is a competition of generosity.

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

God doesn't want your careful virtue, He wants your reckless generosity.

Generosity is the best investment.

Our football belongs to the working class and has the size, nobility and generosity to allow everyone to enjoy it as a spectacle.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe side and the just side of a question is the generous side and the merciful side.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity, ill-humor on meanness.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?

My main philosophy is that money is a loan from God. I'm in charge of it. I'm responsible for investin it, giving some of it away, providing for my family, and protecting it.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.