Generosity Quotes

"I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."

- Maya Angelou

"My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat."

- Leo Tolstoy

"If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don’t waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don’t have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it."

- B. B. King

"If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one."

- Mother Teresa

"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."

- Saint Augustine

"There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all."

- Charles Dickens

"My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it."

- Meghan Markle

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

- Charles M. Schulz

"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value."

- Charles Dudley Warner

"Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed and puts them in your debt."

- Judith Olney

"If a person has done well in an endeavor, tell them. It costs you nothing, but the rewards will compound to your benefit over time."

- Thomas Griffin

"Serve others without expectation of reciprocation. It is truly far better to give than to receive."

- Thomas Griffin

"You always gain by giving love."

- Reese Witherspoon

"The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift."

- Laurie Colwin

"Whenever you give someone a present or sing a holiday song, you’re helping Santa Claus. To me, that’s what Christmas is all about. Helping Santa Claus!"

- Louis Sachar

"I’m of the mind set you can never do too much to make a child’s Christmas magical."

- Ted Maltin

"“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.”"

- Washington Irving

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

- Peg Bracken

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

- Charles M. Schulz

"“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’s discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”"

- Thomas S. Monson

"“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

"“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’”"

- Bing Crosby

"“For it is in giving that we receive.”"

- Francis of Assisi

"Wishing you a Saturday filled with random acts of kindness and the opportunity to brighten someone else’s day."

"Wishing you a Saturday filled with unexpected blessings and the joy of giving to others."

"Throw kindness like confetti"

"You’re the only one I’d share my last piece of candy corn with—now that’s real friendship."

"I’d share my candy with you—except the chocolate. That’s just for me!"

"Just as each falling snowflake contributes to the beauty of winter, each act of kindness contributes to making the spirit of Christmas brighter."

"You give so much to everyone around you, never asking for anything back. Today, I hope every good thing finds its way to you. Wishing you the best birthday ever, darling."