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Generosity Quotes
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
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"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."
82
"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
74
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
44
"He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."
42
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
40
"The only gift is a portion of thyself."
38
"The worth of a gift lies as much in the way it is offered as in its intrinsic value."
37
"Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich."
35
"The more you care for others, while denying yourself, the more pleasure life supplies you."
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"Generosity is a strength, not a weakness."
33
"Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are."
31
"Giving is an act of generosity. Giving is sowing a seed. The seed will produce great harvest of fruits."
31
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
31
"You may possibly become rich by just caring about yourself and what you want to gain from your profession and your life but you cannot possibly enrich the lives of everyone you meet that way."
31
"Always give but never expect. Giving is happiness, disappointment is sadness."
30
"We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest."
29
"Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining."
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"It's a bet " the more you Give, the more you will Get."
29
"The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?"
28
"By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched."
28
"You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks in your pasture.Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy of all else from you.And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver , and an instrument of giving.For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you , who deem yourself a giver , is but a witness."
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"The sons of God are different because they are givers, just like their Heavenly father."
26
"I believe in giving back very strongly."
26
"When you begin to serve people, God begins to serve you."
26
"It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept."
25
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own."
25
"The more you give the less your poor."
25
"Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching."
24
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
23
"Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity."
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"True giving lies not in receiving but in giving."
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"The best way to become poor is to give nothing."
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"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving."
22
"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out."
22
"A lack of giving in the life of a person will bring him to poverty."
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"Those who give of themselves rarely regret it."
21
"Giving, goodness and generosity expresses love."
21
"You are a gift to life. Share your bounty."
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"Generosity is not only giving but also a sign of caring."
20
"The awareness that 'money will get spent' must never be kept; whatever gets spent at whatever time is correct. That's why it was told to spend money, so that they can be free from greed and they can give it again and again."
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"The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world."
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