Generosity Quotes
Maybe we don’t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture.
I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude.
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.
The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
True generosity must benefit both parties. No woman can control her destiny if she doesn't give to herself as much as she gives of herself.
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great musician.
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
Extend some kind of unexpected generosity to someone, preferably a stranger, every single day for two weeks. The more you practice being generous, the more you'll impact others in an inspiring way.
Let me, tonight look back across the span Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say- Because of some good act to beast or human- The world is better that I lived today.
The more you give yourself to others, the more joy and peace will flow into your own life.
When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.
The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.
I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an investment in the community.
I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.
Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go.
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!
In our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.
In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.
If those who give are conscious of their own generosity and those who receive feel indebted, they are no longer family but rather strangers doing business.
