quotations about generosity
One great reason why men practice generosity so little in the world, is, their finding so little there: generosity is catching; and if so many men escape it, it is in a great degree from the same reason that country-men escape the smallpox, because they meet no one to give it to them.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims
How much easier it is to be generous than just! Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest.
JUNIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give -- the more you will have!
W. CLEMENT STONE
Be Generous!
It always pays to be generous with that which costs you nothing.
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
The Autobiography of Methuselah
It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
A generous man will, in his treatment of an enemy, resemble the sun, which pours light all around it, even upon the clouds that strive to dim its lustre.
ANNIE E. LANCASTER
attributed, Day's Collacon
An act of generosity is a seed, which even dropped by chance, springs up a flower.
J. D. FORBES
attributed, Day's Collacon
Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Sand and Foam
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
KATARINA STOYKOVA KLEMER
attributed, The Way of Letting Go
Being generous is a leap of faith. There is no denying that you are taking chances when you give away anything of value to another, even if it is only your time.
LOUISE PHIPPS SENFT & WILLIAM SENFT
Being Relational
It is very easy, oftentimes, to do a generous act impulsively, and on the spur of an occasion; and as so done--it may be both useful and gratifying to the recipient--may confer a real favor, and merit thanks and the feeling of gratitude.
G. A. SALA
attributed, Day's Collacon