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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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.

Very often the test of one’s allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument...

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

No, it is not a commonplace, sir! If up to now, for example, I have been told to ‘love my neighbor,’ and I did love him, what came of it?. . . What came of...

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.

The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be...

unseen strength. New Yorkers came together in a way that no one imagined New Yorkers could or would. The generosity and compassion spread around the country and the world.

You will find that your library in Heaven contains only some of the books you had on Earth, the ones you gave away or lent.

Ukarimu ni bora kuliko hekima, na kulitambua hilo ndiyo mwanzo wa hekima.

Rivers don’t drink their own waters; trees don’t eat their own fruits. The salt seasons the soup in order to have its purpose fulfilled. Live for others!

People, most especially those who have known ease in this life, care more about being prospered than refined. It’s always about what they can get from God, not what they can do for others, unless...

Giving is the business of the rich.

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...

I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men’s sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all...

In a pocket of his knapsack he’d found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and then poured his own cup with hot water and sat blowing at the...

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

It is testament to the generosity of the American people – a lot of people wanted to contribute, … But there is not really any way of knowing at this time if or whether individual...

They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave way and I understood not only how entirely generous they were...

Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.

Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty.

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.

Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all...

Oh! if the good hearts had the fat purses, how much better everything would go!

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

Life doesn’t offers charity, it offers chance.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don’t care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment...

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!

I gave you all my secrets, and you lost them all. You lost a lot of things.But the treasure of it was in the giving, not the keeping.

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It takes money to make money, even begging. Humans are herd animals. If a stranger’s bleeding to death beside the road, most people won’t stop to offer a Band-Aid. But get the ball rolling with...