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  • Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

    Death   Fear   Pride  
    Horace Mann (1872). “Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann ...”, p.211
  • Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

  • Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  • One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

  • It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

    Statement by the Minister for Agriculture, Sharon Dijksma, at the opening of the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth, www.government.nl. April 22, 2014.
  • Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

    "We Bereaved". Book by Helen Keller, 1929.
  • So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

    Pain   Long   Generosity  
    Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.159, Matthew Gordon
  • My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

    "Tips for Entrepreneurial Philanthropy" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2011.
  • 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 (1899). “Ex Corde Locutiones...: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren...”
  • Farmers everywhere provide bread for all humanity, but it is Christ alone who is the bread of life...Even if all the physical hunger of the world were satisfied, even if everyone who is hungry were fed by his or her own labor or by the generosity of others, the deepest hunger of man would still exist...Therefore, I say, Come, all of you, to Christ. He is the bread of life. Come to Christ and you will never be hungry again.

  • The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

    "The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king".
  • We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  • The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

    FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Aug 03, 2010
  • The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

    Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.43, Broadway Books
  • Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

    Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.257, Cambridge University Press
  • Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity.

    Kindness   Mean   Simple  
    Gil Fronsdal (2008). “The Issue at Hand”, p.34, Insight Meditation Center
  • Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

    Kindness   Real   Nice  
  • Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

  • Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others.

    Source: blogs.indiewire.com
  • We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.

  • When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self - giving is a personal power - releasing factor.

    Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Positive Principle Today”, p.168, Simon and Schuster
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