Your Generosity Quotes

You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.

The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

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

Your generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If I give a lot of money to charity, then I am generous. If you give a smaller fraction of your money to charity, then you are less generous. But if you want to tax me in order to give my money to charity, that does not make you generous.

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

But I liked you from the moment I first heard your voice,” he said, “when I had no idea what you looked like. I thought it delicious, the way you bargained for me, as though I were an old rug. Then I loved the way you looked at me. Then I loved the way you ordered me about. I loved your patient and impatient ways of explaining things to me. I love the sound of your voice and the way you move. I love your courage and your kindness and your generosity and your obstinacy and your passion.” He paused. “You’re the genius. What do you think that means?

Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline.

Your generosity is more important than your perfection.

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.

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.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

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.

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

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

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.

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

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

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

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

You haven't lived until you've died in California

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.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.

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

The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit.

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.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what never changed is this: They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

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.

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

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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