Generousity Quotes

“A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment. This is the most precious gift true love offers - the experience of knowing we always belong.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Giving does not only preceed receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be
generous.”
― George Gissing

“True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“The little I have, I share with you; the little you have, you also share with me. Together we all have a full share of everything. Share with me your Love as I share with you my Peace; together we have full share of Unity!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Don’t be selfish in life; pass the ball. Winners in life’s game are people who demonstrate that they are not greedy when they have abundant of supply. They share freely provided they have it! That defines the true state of a purposeful person.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Rivers don’t drink their own waters; trees don’t eat their own fruits. The salt seasons the soup in order to have its purpose fulfilled. Live for others!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“Giving is an act of generosity.
Giving is sowing a seed.
The seed will produce great harvest of fruits.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Give and receive; give big and receive big; give freely and receive freely; give poorly and receive poorly.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Be fair before being generous, be human before being fair.”
― Fernán Caballero

“What is offered from a generous heart should be accepted generously.”
― Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After

“The tithe simply is not a sufficiently radical concept to embody the carefree unconcern for possessions that marks life in the Kingdom of God. ...

It is quite possible to tithe and at the same time oppress the poor and needy. ...

The tithe is not necessarily evil' it simply cannot provide a sufficient base for Jesus' call to carefree unconcern over provision. ...

Perhaps the tithe can be a beginning way to acknowledge God as the owner of all things, but it is only a beginning and not an ending.”
― Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World

“I should like the woman I choose to be very honest, generous, and to have a sincere faith in God, rather than mindlessly following the rules.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Beautiful Pretender

“Milena found Cilia outside, holding her bamboo box. Milena hugged her. ‘I’m sorry about your shins,’ she said. Milena lifted the lid of the box, and saw it, the precious paper, ruled in staves. People were generous. Milena had never believed that.”
― Geoff Ryman, The Child Garden

“...тот, кто любит читать про рыцарей, должен и сам быть великодушным, верно?..”
― Vladislav Krapivin, Выстрел с монитора. Гуси-гуси, га-га-га...

“Remember: Let's look for ways to take *care* of each other rather than look for ways to take *advantage* of each other.”
― Laone Collins

“The rule for J.O.Y is Jesus, Others and You. You can’t have a perfect joy if all you think about is about how to groom your life!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“If you earn little, give little. If you earn much, give much. But even if you earn nothing, try to give something.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Life is about getting and sharing. The more you share, the more you get ....and the more you get, the more your sharing responsibility multiplies.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“God provides something to you through somebody. Thats same God can give something to somebody through you. If you make yourself a greedy traffic on the way and deprive the final destined owner of what you supposed to keep provisionally, you make God upset.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“If old age is good for anything it's good for being generous.”
― William Kuhn, Mrs Queen Takes the Train

“Remember: Let's look for ways to take care of each other rather than look for ways to take advantage of each other.”
― Laone Collins

“Give generously.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Generosity is not stupidity. The giver is a light lighter and a lifter of heads. And he is much better off after than before he gave. The law of sowing and reaping is universal. A man that does not withhold resources, gifting and favour from others, has set himself up for a harvest of the same kind but of greater proportion.

Should I be generous? Why not, if not? Whenever I am torn between liberality and stinginess, I shall gladly choose liberality.”
― Abiodun Fijabi

“Be generous with your courage.”
― Richie Norton