Generosity Of Others Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

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

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

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.

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.

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.

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