Generosity Quotes

Generosity is the flower of justice.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The more he cast away the more he had.

John Bunyan

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

Nelson Henderson

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

Eric Hoffer

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca th

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

Jon Kabat Zinn

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

John MacNaughton

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

Ben Sweetland

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Charles Dudley Warner

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.

Barry Duncan

To generous souls every task is noble.

Euripides

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.

Bible, Psalm 37:25,26 NIV

Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant.

John C. Maxwell

If you're a generous person you'll have no trouble admitting that somebody else is good. If you're a better person you'll find it's total impossibility.

Source Unknown

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is melancholy to reflect that Mankind has suffered more from ill-judged philanthropy than from calculated malice. The road to Hell is no less harrowing for being paved with good intentions.

Giles St. Aubyn, biography of Ki

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Albert Camus