Empower Through Generosity Quotes
Givers gain, and the returns arrive from directions takers never see. Generosity done right builds people up rather than making them dependent. This Impact path holds history's most generous quotes on giving with wisdom. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.”
“Give, even if you only have a little.”
“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
“For it is in giving that we receive.”
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up.”
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
“Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.”
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.”
“If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.”
“Only when you have learned to give all will you be in position to receive all.”
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
“Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. Whatever you think people are withholding from you, give it to them.”
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”
“The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice”
“You can't push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.”
“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”
“Love is the greatest gift you can give yourself and others.”
“The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.”
“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.”
“Giving opens the way to receiving.”
“Life is a boomerang. What you give, you get back.”
“The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.”
“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.”
“If you're in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%”
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
“Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.”
“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.”
“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.”
“When you do someone a favor, do it first class all the way.”
“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
“The happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them.”
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
“People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.”
“When you learn, teach. When you get, give.”
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”
“It's good to be blessed. It's better to be a blessing.”
“If you need a miracle, be a miracle.”
“Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.”
“There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”
“It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.”
“There are those that give with joy, and that joy is their reward.”
“No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of another.”
“Nothing else in all life is such a maker of joy and cheer as the privilege of doing good.”
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.”
“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.”
“When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”
“Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed.”
“We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.”
“Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners”
“Giving while living.”
“It's not that successful people are givers; it is that givers are successful people.”
“To the degree you give others what they need, they will give you what you need.”
“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”
“If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.”
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
“Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back a lot more than you'd expect.”
“Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.”
“Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart.”
“Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.”
“It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”
“Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.”
“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
“Gracious acceptance is an art which most never bother to cultivate. Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you.”
“That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
“The best things to do with the best things in life is give them away.”
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.”
“Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
“The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.”
