We use the word generosity to refer to the virtue of giving good things to others freely and abundantly. Inspirational generosity quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Most Famous Generosity Quotes
That’s what I consider true generosity You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. Simone de Beauvoir
True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Suze Orman
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. Frank A. Clark
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. Khalil Gibran
He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice. Henry Taylor
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. Barbara Bush
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Kahlil Gibran
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else’s life forever. Margaret Cho
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. Ronald Reagan
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike
In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. Elizabeth Gilbert
It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need. Allan Lokos
Goodness is about character integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. Dennis Prager
That’s what I consider true generosits You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. Simone de Beauvoir
Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers. Jonathan Maberry
I come in a world of iron to make a world of gold. Dale Wasserman
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus
Love is the desire for another’s happiness. Marty Rubin
True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. Paulo Freire
To be happy for the happiness of others, that is true generosity. Marty Rubin
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else’s life forever. Margaret Cho
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. Elizabeth Gilbert
Gentleness, self sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. Mahatma Gandhi
He’d been generous, yes, but lots of people are generous; what made him different was the fact that he’d taken responsibility for me. Sebastian Junger
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Richard Dawkins
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran
Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency. Alan Cohen
True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Suze Orman
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. John Bunyan
Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all. Paul Hawken
Earth would be such a better place every second of every day if we could just show up with an attitude of generosity and gratitude, and acceptance for one another. Elisabeth Sheff
Make generosity part of your growth strategy. Danielle LaPorte
We live far happier lives when we are generous in as many ways as possible. Cathy Burnham Martin
Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others. Idries Shah
It requires neither time nor money to be kind. Cathy Burnham Martin
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day! William Arthur Ward
Good words are worth much and cost little. George Herbert
You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. Winston Churchill
It is said that you can’t take it with you; I say there are two things you can take with you the things you do for others and the things you do to others. Harold H. Cornett Jr.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. Frank A. Clark
No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted. Aesop
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving kindness. Dalai Lama
Without kindness there can be no true joy. Thomas Carlyle
Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Nancy Gibbs
Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers. Jonathan Maberry
Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. Barbara De Angelis
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Holmes
Minds, nevertheless, are not conquered by arms, but by love and generosity. Baruch Spinoza
I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. Abraham Lincoln
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. Adam Smith
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? Eleanor Roosevelt
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It takes generosity to be the one teaching, and humility to be the one being taught. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Holmes
Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That’s hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, your definition of normal. Patti Digh
With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world. One day at a time we can change everything. Steve Maraboli
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. Horace Mann
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Mao Zedong
Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plat
For it is in giving that we receive. St. Francis of Assisi
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else’s life. Roy T. Bennett
Generosity can also be a better weapon to manipulation. The most loving person can easily destroy you when you rely on their pity. Kangoma Kindembo
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Kahlil Gibran
Generosity is based in knowing what you are capable of giving, and going just a little beyond that. Lodro Rinzler
If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. J.M. Coetzee
We are losing the generosity day by day that integrates and increases the way to honour and moral values of us. Ehsan Sehgal
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. Oscar Wilde
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
Be a little kinder than you have to. E. Lockhart
