Generosity Quotes

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

- Pierre Corneille

"When one gives, two get happy."

- Amit Kalantri

"Everyone can experience the joy and blessing of generosity; because everyone has something to give."

- Jan Grace

"Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare."

- Mike McIntyre

"You don’t have to be an angel, just be someone who can give."

- Patti LaBelle

"It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime."

- Joan Marques

"Giving does not only precede receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive."

- Israelmore Ayivor

"The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away."

- Dorothy Day

"Giving is not an act of depletion, it’s an act of repletion."

- Pete Kelly

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

- Anne Frank

"You give little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

- Kahil Gibran

"It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live."

- Ethel Percy Andrus

"Real generosity to the future lies in giving all to the present."

- Albert Camus

"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."

- Sheldon Kopp

"The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action."

- Orison Swett Marden

"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained by giving them to someone else."

- Peyton Conway March

"Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you."

- Andre Gide

"Giving opens the way for receiving."

- Florence Scovel Shinn

"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."

- Maya Angelou

"A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will be refreshed."

- Proverbs 11:25

"Generosity consists not of the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense."

- Emanuel Swedenborg

"The heart that gives, gathers."

- Tao Te Ching

"Charity sees the need, not the cause."

- German Proverb

"[We] are rich only as [we] give. [One] who gives great service gets great rewards."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Give the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you."

- Madeline Bridges

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting."

- Thomas S. Monson

"The price of living is giving."

"Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better."

"May the most you wish for be the least you get."