Quotes on Generosity And Giving

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.

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 value of a man resides in what he gives

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.

The best things in life aren't things.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .

He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.