How much easier is it to be generous than just.
—Junius Unidentified English Writer
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.
—Dutch Proverb
Being generous, just helping one’s relatives and being blameless in one’s actions; this is the best good luck.
—Buddhist Teaching
Lavishness is not generosity.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Novelist
Generosity is the flower of justice.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Some are unwisely liberal, and more delight to give presents than to pay debts.
—Philip Sidney (1554–86) English Soldier Poet, Courtier
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Generosity, wrong placed, becometh a vice; a princely mind will undo a private family.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
—Elon Musk (b.1971) American Entrepreneur, Business Executive
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
—Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80) French Philosopher, Playwright, Novelist, Activist
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Leader, Preacher, Theologian
When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.
—Henry Taylor (1800–86) British Poet, Dramatist
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 (1809–91) American Masonic Scholar, Orator, Jurist
One great reason why men practise generosity so little in the world is, their finding so little there: generosity is catching; and if so many men escape it, it is in a great degree from the same reason that countrymen escape the smallpox,—because they meet with no one to give it them.
—George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746–1816) British Nobleman, Politician
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn’t their purpose.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.
—Jeremy Taylor
I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken. And the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldnt brighten her own.
—Anonymous
Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can give.
—David R. Hawkins (1927–2012) American Physician, Author
I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
The more he cast away the more he had.
—John Bunyan (1628–88) English Puritan Writer, Preacher
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Generosity is toe accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Poet, Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.
—Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860) Irish-born Literary, Art Critic
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