Generosity Quotes

“You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford, if you are a good sort: you can't afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.”

“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.”

“The more the sage expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have himself.”

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

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

“Your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.”

“I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.”

“Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.”

“I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.”

“Giving is true having.”

“I consider not what Parmenion should receive, but what Alexander should give.”

“My hopes.”

“Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if you are asked for little.”

“Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.”

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.”

"There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

Jonas Salk

"Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world."

Frederick Banting

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

Aesop

"In charity there is no excess."

Francis Bacon

“When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”

Joel Osteen

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.”

J. Paul Getty

“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”

Charlie Munger

“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

Princess Diana