Generosity
232 quotes: 42 by Keith Craft, 190 from other voices.
Other voices on Generosity
- To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.Horace MannCommonly attributed
- Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.
- Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.
- We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through what we refuse and keep.
- We only have what we give.
- We rise by lifting others.
- We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
- We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.SenecaCommonly attributed
- We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
- We will realize that selfishness brings nothing but pain--that giving has its pleasures as well as receiving.
- What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
- When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.
- When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
- When you get give. When you learn teach.
- When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.
- When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.
- Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.
- Wouldst thou multiply thy riches? diminish them wisely; or wouldst thou make thy estate entire? divide it charitably. Seeds that are scattered increase; but, hoarded up, they perish.
- You can always-always-give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness! If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world!
- You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.
- You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
- You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.Kahlil GibranSourced
- You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
- You should do goodness without choosing to whom.
- You will find people ready enough to do the Samaritan without the oil and twopence.
- Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.John F. KennedySourced
- Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways that you can, in all the places you can, as long as you can.John WesleyCommonly attributed
- The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord.James L. KraftCommonly attributed
- I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed on my first salary which was $1.50 a week.John D. RockefellerCommonly attributed
- No man is a fool who gives away what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loose.Jim ElliotSourced
- We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.Winston ChurchillCommonly attributed