Generosity Quotes
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![Kahlil Gibran](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353732571i/6466154._UX200_CR0,87,200,200_.jpg)
“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
― The Prophet
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
― The Prophet
![Elizabeth Gilbert](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1440718929i/11679._UX200_CR0,53,200,200_.jpg)
“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.”
― Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
― Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
![Kahlil Gibran](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353732571i/6466154._UX200_CR0,87,200,200_.jpg)
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
― Sand and Foam
― Sand and Foam
![A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.](https://images.gr-assets.com/quotes/1387556631p2/319001.jpg)
“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
![Carol Ryrie Brink](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1283884711i/5325.jpg)
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
― Caddie Woodlawn's Family
― Caddie Woodlawn's Family
![Roy T. Bennett](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1718224641i/15042371.jpg)
“It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
![Confucius](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1407613261i/15321._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
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![Simone de Beauvoir](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1555042345i/5548._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”
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![Gautama Buddha](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1356856893i/2167493._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
[Verse 223]”
― The Dhammapada
[Verse 223]”
― The Dhammapada
![Eleanor Roosevelt](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1536173756i/44566._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
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“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, ``What shall we eat?'' or ``What shall we drink?'' or ``What shall we wear?'' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 6:25-34”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, ``What shall we eat?'' or ``What shall we drink?'' or ``What shall we wear?'' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
- Matthew 6:25-34”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
![Meg Cabot](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1661542578i/11654._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it. At least that's how I felt about drawing.”
― All-American Girl
― All-American Girl
![J.M. Coetzee](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1550676691i/4128._UY200_CR2,0,200,200_.jpg)
“(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”
― Disgrace
― Disgrace
![Paulo Freire](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1221544351i/41108._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg)
“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.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
![Sanaya Roman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1412447226i/46882._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness.”
― Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
― Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
![G.K. Chesterton](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1365860649i/7014283._UX200_CR0,19,200,200_.jpg)
“Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.”
― A Miscellany of Men
― A Miscellany of Men
“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
― The Holy Bible: King James Version
![Theodore Roosevelt](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198519048i/44567._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
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![Richelle E. Goodrich](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1714753927i/5082833._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.”
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
― Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
![Kahlil Gibran](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353732571i/6466154._UX200_CR0,87,200,200_.jpg)
“Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.”
― Sand and Foam
― Sand and Foam
![Eddie Jaku](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1638664232i/20228583._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“A field is empty, but if you put in the effort to grow something then you will have a garden. And that’s life. Give something, something will come back. Give nothing, nothing will come back. To grow a flower is a miracle: it means you can grow more. Remember that a flower is not just a flower, it is the start of a whole garden.”
― The Happiest Man on Earth
― The Happiest Man on Earth
![Erik Pevernagie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1629325665i/14170911._UX200_CR0,18,200,200_.jpg)
“Helping out people in difficulty can be a noble cause. Some will always bear in mind your generosity and remember you forever; especially when they wise up they are in trouble again.("I hope she won't mind my leaving")”
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![Samuel Johnson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209488222i/22191._CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?”
― The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 2
― The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 2
![Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1393555704i/12080._UX200_CR0,34,200,200_.jpg)
“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me.”
― Gifts: an essay
― Gifts: an essay
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