I leave you the best phrases of generosity from excellent historical figures, such as Seneca, Albert Camus, Martin Luther King Jr, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Confucius, Buddha, Theodore Roosevelt, Dalai Lama, Khalil Gibran and many more.
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-Generosity, kindness, honesty and a sense of humor make us really rich. -Waylon Lewis.
- Generosity is not giving me what I need more than you, but giving me what you need more than I do. -Khalil Gibran.
-A generous heart, a kind speech, and a life of service and compassion, are the things that renew humanity.
- Generosity is what prevents things from taking over us.
-We must give as we would receive, with joy, speed and without hesitation; since there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. -Séneca.
-Generosity is produced in the heart, selfishness is approved by the mind. -Dr. TP Chis.
-Remember that the happiest people are not those who receive more, but those who give more. -H. Jackson Brown Jr.
-Even karma rewards generosity. The good you do must be returned to you -Chinonye J. Chidalue.
-What you do for others will pay off. -Singhalese proverb.
-There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving. -Freya Stark.
-Usually we say: "I would give, but only to those who deserve it." The trees of the orchard do not do that, nor the sheep in the pasture. They give to live, since to retain is to perish. -Khalil Gibran.
-The true generosity towards the future lies in giving everything to the present. -Albert Camus.
-People who practice being grateful are usually more generous. -Lalney Garretson.
-Generosity is the most natural external expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness. -Dalai Lama
-Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, and keep your feet on the ground. -Theodore Roosevelt.
-The more generous we are, the happier we become. -William Arthur Ward.
-Happiness is not made up of what we have. It is what we share. -Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
-Poor people share with the heart. -Haitian proverb.
-When it comes to giving, many people stop giving anything. -Vernon McLellan.
-With gentleness, anger is overcome. With generosity, pettiness is overcome. With the truth, deception is overcome. -Buddha.
-Time cannot simply be packaged to be left on the trees at Christmas. Time cannot be given, but it can be shared. -Cecilia Ahern.
-There is more happiness in giving than in receiving. -Bible: Acts of the Apostles, 20:35.
-Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs, opening our minds to unexplained worlds, occupied by the needs of others. -Barbara Bush.
-Generosity is not about money, but about the heart.
-There is no better exercise for the heart than bending down and lifting people. -John Holmes.
-True generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never realize you did it. -Frank A. Clark.
-You will discover that you have two hands. One is to help yourself, and the other is to help others. -Audrey Hepburn.
-Really generous people are those who give silently, without expecting to be thanked or rewarded. -Carol Ryrie Brink.
-A good marriage is a generosity contest. -Diane Sawyer.
-True generosity is an offering given with benevolence and based on pure love. No compromises. No expectations. -Suze Orman.
-Many men have been able to do something wise, something rather cunning, but very few something generous. -Alexander Pope.
-Humans seem to be more generous when we feel grateful and want to transmit to some extent what we have been given. -Arthur W. Frank.
- Generosity is not an act. It is a way of life. -Chip Ingram.
- Generosity can have many expressions, including caring, time, skill, intelligence, gifts, and money. I believe that one cannot omit any of these without limiting all the others. -Mark V. Ewert.
-A generous act can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. -Steve Maraboli.
-Never measure your generosity by what you give, but by what you have left. -Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
-You don't need to be rich to be generous.
-Acts of kindness and generosity increase our feeling of affluence in time. -Piero Ferrucci.
-Things are bigger when they are shared. - Gaelic proverb.
-Success may or may not mean that you have acquired many things. But it does mean that you have become a generous person. -Robert H. Schuller.
-Too many have dispensed with generosity to be able to practice charity. -Albert Camus.
-You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never pay you back. -John Bunyan.
-Give a man a plate of rice and you will feed him for a day. Teach him to grow his own rice and you will save his life. -Confucius.
-Every man must decide whether to walk in the light of creative altruism or through the darkness of destructive selfishness. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
-No person has ever been esteemed for what they have received. Appreciation has always been a reward for what you have given. -Calvin Coolidge.
-If you give, things will be given to you. And I've come to realize that generous people are blessed people. -Greg Laurie.
-It is always good to be generous. Be careful though, as some confuse generosity with dependency.
-That is what I consider as true generosity: you give everything of yourself and still feel as if it has not cost you anything. -Simone De Beauvoir.
-Never, any act of generosity, no matter how small, is a waste. -Aesop.
-Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. -Pete Seeger.
-Where grace is found, generosity occurs. -Max Lucado.
-Money is only one of the conduits for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency. -Alan Cohen.
- Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally causes both pain and pleasure. -Frances Burney.
-What are you giving back to this world to make it a better place for others? -Catherine Pulsifer.
-Generosity is an activity that we are getting used to. By offering what we can, for example a dollar, a flower or an encouraging word, we are training ourselves to let go. -Pema Chodron.
- Generosity is, by definition, disinterested. -Piero Ferrucci.
-Your greatness does not lie in what you have, but in what you give.
-We make a living with what we get, but we make a living with what we give. -Winston Churchill.
-In giving is in receiving. -Francisco de Asís.
-Good words are worth a lot and cost little. -George Herbert.
-Your time is the best gift you can give someone.
-Never suppress a generous thought. -Camilla E. Kimball.
-The best way to learn the genius of generosity is to practice it in real time with others. -Chip Ingram.
-Our only hope lies in the power of love, generosity, tolerance, understanding and our commitment to make the world a better place. -Muhammad Ali.
-The wise man does not store his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for himself. -Lao Tzu.
-Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. -Simone Weil.
-Generosity can be as contagious as a plague, as long as people are willing to do the bearers. -Jonathan Maberry.
Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be an ideal life on earth. -Orison Swett Marden.
-The meaning of life is in finding your talent. Your life purpose is to share it. -Pablo Picasso.
-Nothing is impossible for the willing heart. -John Heywood.
-If you want to attract attention by doing a good deed, then it is not a good deed, it is a selfish deed. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back, but you are encouraging others to do the same. -Donna Lynn Hope.
-In the end, perhaps it is wiser to surrender to the miraculous scope of human generosity and continue to say thank you, forever, and sincerely, as long as we have a voice. - Liz Gilbert.
-Generosity consists, not in the amount given, but in the manner in which it is awarded.
-Generosity of character is important. Build confidence by reminding yourself that you are a decent human being, and that you deserve whatever good comes to you. -John Franz.
-Generosity is giving good things to others in a benevolent and abundant way. Generous behaviors are intended to enhance the well-being of others. -Patricia Snell.
-Do something for someone the day they don't pay you. -Albert Schweitzer.
-When our attitude towards ourselves is great, and our attitude towards others is generous and compassionate, we attract large and generous portions of success. -W. Clement Stone.
- Generosity during life is something very different from generosity at the time of death; one comes from generosity and genuine benevolence, the other from pride or fear. -Horace Mann.
-In contrast to compassion, generosity requires action. To be a generous person you must act. In many ways, generosity is compassion and love in action. Generosity is a practice, and we get better at it. -Barbara Bonner.
-Be generous with kind words, especially to those who are absent. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
-Generosity has the ability to change your life for the better. -David Khalil.
-Sometimes we only need to see the sunrise to realize the generosity of God. -Jocelyn Soriano.
-The value of a man lies in what he gives, not in what he is capable of receiving. -Albert Einstein.
-It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize that you are just a violin, you can open up to the world by playing your role in concert. -Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
-The most important thing in our generosity is not expecting anything in return, that is, neither wanting nor looking for an action or gift in return. -Byron R. Pulsifer.
-What we have done for us, dies for us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pike.
-Minds are not conquered by arms, but by love and generosity. -Baruch Spinoza.
-We must give more in order to obtain more. It is the generous offering of ourselves that produces a generous harvest. -Orison Swett Marden.
-Sometimes when we are generous in subtle and barely detectable ways, we can change someone's life forever. -Margaret Cho.
-Through radical generosity we are awakening people. -Bill Johnson.
-Generosity is the belief that we have something of value to give to others and that we can give it freely and easily. -Richard Stearns.
-He who cannot give anything away, cannot feel anything either. -Friedrich Nietzsche.
-It's better to return a borrowed pot with some of the last thing you cooked in it. -Proverb of the native peoples of North America.
- Generosity is the flower of justice. -Nathaniel Hawthorne.
-The heart that gives, collects. -Tao Te Ching.
-Generosity needs only an open heart and a love that asks for nothing in return.
-The heart is the one that gives; fingers just let go. -Nigerian proverb.
-Of the various types of intelligence, generosity is the first. -John Surowiecki.
-You can never perform an act of generosity too soon, because you never know when it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-Make generosity part of your growth strategy.
-I know just before being generous. -AND. Haywood.
-No one has ever become poor by giving. -Anna Frank.
-Generosity is the best investment. -Diane von Furstenberg.
-Generosity is giving more than you can give, and pride is taking more than you need. -Khalil Gibran.
-The generosity is paradoxical. Those who give, receive back. As we diminish ourselves for the welfare of others, we improve our situation. -Christian Smith.
-It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one who feels in need. -Allan Lokos.
-Wisdom is knowing when to be generous and when to be firm. -Elbert Hubbard.
-Love requires generosity and self-sacrifice. -Lawrence G. Lovasik.
-Always, be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with what you need yourself.
-What makes generosity a real and powerful witness of God's love is our action. -Chris Willard.
-This is the life-giving power of generosity; do good to others simply because you can. -Jan Grace.
-Being generous usually just consists of reaching out. That is too difficult to do if you are too clinging to your justifications, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, and your definition of normalcy. -Patti Digh.
-Give what you have. For someone, it might be better than you might think. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
-Some are afraid of generosity. They feel that they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. By cultivating generosity, we only oppress our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and we become lighter and freer. -Ajahn Chah.
-If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
- Only by giving will you be able to receive more than you have. -Jim Rohn.