Quotes for All
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. … Read more
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. Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. Eleanor Roosevelt
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. Friedrich Nietzsche
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. Frank A. Clark
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers. Francis Quarles
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr. Seuss
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness . Dalai Lama
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. D. Elton Trueblood