Generosity Of Others Quotes:

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

source: Albert Pike (1899). “Ex Corde Locutiones...: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren...”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Thank You, Inspirational Death, Kindness Generosity

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.

- Norman MacEwen

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Giving, Social Good, Making A Difference In The World

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.

- Mitch Albom

source: FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Aug 03, 2010

topic: Life, Commitment, Tuesdays With Morrie, Loving Others, Inspirational Charity

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.

- Horace Mann

topic: Death, Fear, Pride, Liberality, Generosity And Giving

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.

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

topic: Generosity, Roles, World, Generosity And Giving, Generosity And Kindness

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Social Good, Making A Difference In The World

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.

- Barbara Bush

topic: Memorable, Generosity, Giving, Joy Of Giving, Unexplained

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

- Frank A. Clark

topic: Kindness, Real, Nice, Charity And Generosity, Generosity And Kindness

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

topic: Encouragement, Freedom, Business, Way In Life, Social Good

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

- Helen Keller

topic: Pain, Long, Life Is, Suffering And Pain, Suffering Pain

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.

- Helen Keller

topic: Pain, Believe, Emotional, Suffering And Pain, Suffering Pain

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

topic: Life, Happiness, Depression, Joy Happiness, Joy Of Giving

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.

- Norman Vincent Peale

topic: Helping Others, Self, Giving, Personal Power, Self Giving

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.

- Laozi

source: "The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze: A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-teh-king".

topic: Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom, Joy Of Giving, Generosity Of Others

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

- Thomas Huxley

topic: Real, Self, Generosity, Thoughtfulness, Real Gentleman

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.

- Gil Fronsdal

source: Gil Fronsdal (2008). “The Issue at Hand”, p.34, Insight Meditation Center

topic: Kindness, Mean, Simple, Receptivity, Generosity Of Others

We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.

- John Stott

topic: Generosity, Stewardship, Generosity Of Others, Biblical Stewardship

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

- Cyril Cusack

topic: Generosity, Actors, Brilliance, Generosity Of Others

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.

- Pope John Paul II

topic: Men, Bread Of Life, Generosity, Christ Alone, Generosity Of Others

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.

- Naveen Jain

topic: Believe, Hard Work, Opportunity, Generosity Of Others

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

- Josephine Decker

source: Source: blogs.indiewire.com

topic: Generosity, Thanks, Film, Generosity Of Others