Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Generosity Quotes, Giving Quotes

You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his magnanimity.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Giving Quotes

I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not to be ahead of others. From mercy comes courage; from economy comes generosity; From humility comes leadership.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Humility Quotes , Generosity Quotes

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Helping Others Quotes , Generosity Quotes

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Mean Quotes , Generosity Quotes

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Laozi Quotes , Reality Quotes , Generosity Quotes

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

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Charity Quotes

You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but as I do not choose to have generosity dictated to me, I shall not resolve on giving my cabinet to Anna till the first thought of it has been my own.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Mother Quotes , Generosity Quotes

Bounty, being free itself, thinks all others so.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Generosity Quotes

If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Dante Alighieri Quotes , Men Quotes , Generosity Quotes

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Light Quotes , Generosity Quotes

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : John Masefield Quotes , Men Quotes , Generosity Quotes

If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aga Khan IV Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Generosity Quotes

It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alan Bleasdale Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Easy Quotes

We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Compassion Quotes , Generosity Quotes

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Expression Quotes , Generosity Quotes

For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Blessing Quotes , Generosity Quotes

Saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Saying Yes Quotes

Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Should Quotes

You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Life Quotes , Generosity Quotes

Generosity should never exceed ability.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Generosity Quotes , Should Quotes