Some people can be so generous when they give nothing away!

Give with a free hand, but give only of your own.

Jesus seemed to believe that the key to generosity wasn’t having more, but being content with what you already have.

Love is a gift that costs nothing to give. Love is also the most valuable thing in the world. Think about that next time you’re tempted to call me a cheap bastard because I didn’t...

A man cannot own more than his heart can love.

Generosity is not always tax deductible.

But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no particular reason. I give best when I give from my heart.

If you can live with less of what you have. You can be more of who you are.

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.

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

The brief story of the supper at Emmaus carries within it a number of core principles of the Christian life as Luke understands it. First, the idea that one comes to know Christ through acts...

I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don’t imagine that it’s there; it’s there waiting to be noticed.

It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

We salute our fans for raising this money throughout our 2005 race season. All this money is raised through the generosity of our fans through our 50/50 drawing at each race. I also want to...

But the minimum human duty is to serve others: it is no great attainment.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

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

As spiritual searchers we need to become freer and freer of the attachment to our own smallness in which we get occupied with me-me-me. Pondering on large ideas or standing in front of things which...

The death of Robert G. Ingersoll, on July 21, 1899, was one of the most widely — noted events of that year in the civilized world. It was also one of the most widely and...

True kindness is not necessarily giving something to someone who is down, but showing them that they still have something to give to get back up.

Do we run from money in fear of being a slave to it? I know I did that for a while. I don’t think that’s the answer, though.I think the answer is our mission. Are...

I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they...

He’s a great guy. He’d give you the shirt off his back if you asked. In fact, I’m wearing his shirt now, and I’m staring at his nipples.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

pre-economy of the economy,” its zero-level, that is, exchange as the reciprocal relation of two non-productive expenditures. If the gift belongs to Master and exchange to the Servant, potlatch is the paradoxical exchange between Masters....

Every citizen has to guess the value of the gift which every friend will send him so that he may send one of equal value, whether he can afford it or not.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

Ah, they said. Qué bueno. And after and for a long time to come he’d have reason to evoke the recollection of those smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for...

One of the first conditions of happiness is the ability to take pleasure in other people’s happiness.

It’s like this: if you have one piece of cake, and you eat it, that’s fine.If you have two pieces of cake, you should probably share some with a friend. But maybe not. Occasionally we...

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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...

When God opens a new page in your life, make photocopies of it, read it and share it with other people. Some may hear it when you read it, others may tear it when you...

If you will only consider, you will remember many a person of whom the world never heard and will never hear, whose years have been as full of generosity, loyalty to duty, faith in God,...

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

Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.

Our gifts are very pleasant to Him. He loves to see us lay our time, our talents, our substance on the altar not for the value of what we give, but for the sake of...

Here’s the thing: You can be materialistic and poor. You can also be content and rich. It has nothing to do with your income and it has everything to do with your heart. You don’t...

I believe this; “When you have a needy person in your neighbourhood, it’s an opportunity for you to become a wealthy and healthy person!” Giving time is blessing time!

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and...

If some want to misuse the generosity of our nation, and re-examine what was previously examined, they should know the fire of the anger of the Iranian nation will be extremely burning and devastating,

When you realized that you would have to ask for help, you did not feel humiliated. And when you learned that someone needed help, you showed them all that you had learned without fearing that...

So unworldly was he–or so capricious–that he frequently refused his help to the powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most intense application to...

Hydrogenated and androgynous milky white love is all I have to offer you. Would you like me to pour it in your coffee, or directly into your soul?

I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that’s my generosity with the job.

Giving is an act of generosity. Giving is sowing a seed. The seed will produce a great harvest of fruits.

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day.

[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: ‘Greed is the mother of incapacity’.