Quotes on Generosity Of Others

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 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.

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.

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

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

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.

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

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

Farmers everywhere provide bread for all humanity, but it is Christ alone who is the bread of life...Even if all the physical hunger of the world were satisfied, even if everyone who is hungry were fed by his or her own labor or by the generosity of others, the deepest hunger of man would still exist...Therefore, I say, Come, all of you, to Christ. He is the bread of life. Come to Christ and you will never be hungry again.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.