Charity And Generosity Quotes

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life," to extend their trembling hands. True generosity lies in striving so that these hands--whether of individuals or entire peoples--need be extended less and less in supplication, so that more and more they become human hands which work and, working, transform the world.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

Give, but give until it hurts.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

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

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

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

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

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

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

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

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.

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.

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

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.

It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

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.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.