Generosity Quotes

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

- Charles M. Schulz

"Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

- Peg Bracken

"As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"For it is in giving that we receive."

- Francis of Assisi

"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away."

- Eva Logue

"Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without forgetting."

- Elizabeth Bibesco

"The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious."

- Martin Luther

"I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, but how I love the gifts I give!"

- Carolyn Wells

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."

- Thomas S. Monson

"The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world and people keep sending it to each other."

- Johnny Carson

"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

- Chinese Proverb

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose."

- Hada Bejar

"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

"Your charity will not be accepted until you believe: 'I need the reward more than the beggar needs the money.'"

- Hz Uthman ibn Affan (RA)

"The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble."

- Hz Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)

"You will not attain righteousness till you spend in charity of the things you love."

- The Qur’an

"Do not turn away a poor man…even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you…God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"It is also charity to utter a good word."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

"The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, and your love."

- AARP

"It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."

- Mother Teresa

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

- Winston Churchill

"No one has ever become poor from giving."

- Anne Frank

"Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving."

- Hank Rosso

"You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

- John Bunyan

"The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward."

- Carol Ryrie Brink

"Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference."

- Kathy Calvin

"It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than to watch it accumulate."

- Gloria Steinem

"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody."

"The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back."