I want to be remembered as the girl who always smiles even when her heart is broken. And the one that could always brighten up your day even if she couldnt brighten her own. – Anon.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. – Francis Bacon
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. – Hada Bejar
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. – Bible
You must be willing to do the things today others dont do in order to have the things tomorrow others wont have. – Les Brown
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. – Jean De La Bruyere
The more he cast away the more he had. – John Bunyan
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity… in important things, diversity… in all things, generosity. – George Bush
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of ones self to others. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. – Sir Winston Churchill
Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. – Barry Duncan
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
To generous souls every task is noble. – Euripides
Lavishness is not generosity. – Thomas Fuller
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. – Kahlil Gibran
For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. – Kahlil Gibran
It is melancholy to reflect that Mankind has suffered more from ill-judged philanthropy than from calculated malice. The road to Hell is no less harrowing for being paved with good intentions. – Giles St. Aubyn
Giving is the business of the rich. – Johann von Goethe
A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. – Lord Greville
The Return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. – Francesco Guicciardini