quotations about generosity
A single act of generosity has a stronger and more lasting effect than a thousand misfortunes. It is better to trust the redeeming power of charity than to the energies of wrath. One tender look, one generous expression, may create a feeling of cordiality, a tide of happiness, that will circulate instantaneously throughout the greatest multitude.
LYMAN MAGOON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
GEORGE ELIOT
Middlemarch
All are friends to the generous man.
AL-MAUSILI
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
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
It needs as much generosity to take as to give.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
It always pays to be generous with that which costs you nothing.
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
The Autobiography of Methuselah
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
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
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
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
KATARINA STOYKOVA KLEMER
attributed, The Way of Letting Go