Being Generous Quotes

Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it.

The only way to save our dreams is by being generous with ourselves.

Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck.

The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless? While we have the conditions for economic opportunity here--and that is a blessing--do we have the conditions to learn how to self-regulate our own passions for the good of the whole?

Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.

Extend some kind of unexpected generosity to someone, preferably a stranger, every single day for two weeks. The more you practice being generous, the more you'll impact others in an inspiring way.

Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.

I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.

Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.

A mind that's open to everything means being peaceful, radiating love, practicing forgiveness, being generous, respecting all life, and most important, visualizing yourself as capable of doing anything that you can conceive of in your mind and heart.

I remember when being liberal meant being generous with your own money.

The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.

The idea of explaining why free trade is good, why immigration is good, why the world is so connected, that we need to think in terms of humanity and being generous to each other, you know, that's proving to be a challenge.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

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.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

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

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.

I've always had a knowing that being kind is a lot more effective than being angry. And being generous has always been a characteristic I've had; whatever I've had, I've always been willing to give away. Those are best spiritual qualities.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

No touching Baby Jesus.” “But we’re his parents!” proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation. “Mary Beth,” Barb Wiggin said, “if you touch the Baby Jesus, I’m putting you in a cow costume.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

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.