The whole concept of some stranger making his way down our chimney – not that we had one – suggested burglary more readily than generosity. Any Santa who tried it would have gotten a bullet...

Give today to get better tomorrow.

The generosity of these creative individuals to make this caliber of work available – work collected by or performed at some of the most important arts venues in the U.S. and abroad – is overwhelming.

Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one’s true interests.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?

If you wish to give chance on others’ abilities and capabilities then give them respected time to grow and express themselves.Share a path for everyone to grow and glow!

Show your compassion to people in their life time; no amount of your tears can serve as compensation when their coffins are lowered!

Asking for and receiving help is a way to prime the pump of generosity.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.

Doing good for others should not be a pre-calculated motive driven by an agenda for future gains; it should be a natural response out of the basic need at hand.

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.

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....

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Rest in the knowledge that God is both abundantly gracious and ridiculously generous.

To know when to be generous and when to be firm — this is wisdom.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy,...

We are treated with such generosity of spirit.

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

Be a gift, a light, a blessing as far as the eye can see to answer a call as well as a genuine, compassionate heart can reach.

I got him a cool gift. I got him a pack of razors, and a really furry dead cat.

When does someone love you enough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?

I’ve been so bothered with my property, that I’m tired of it, and don’t mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or...

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

This is, perhaps, the greatest challenge of our time – to love in the absence of any immediate rewards for our love.

DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another’s generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.

Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.

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]

Success is not just having all your heart desires, you may be financially capable, but you still reside in the apartment of failures if you don’t give out some dough to those roaming the streets.

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Either the key to a man’s wallet is in his heart, or the key to a man’s heart is in his wallet. So, unless you express your charity, you are locked inside your greed.