quotations about generosity
He who, from native generosity, would not bruise a worm, will be the slowest to incur the venom of a serpent; and when maliciously stung, will find no small mitigation of his pangs in the sympathies of all the magnanimous and good.
ELIAS LYMAN MAGOON
Living Orators in America
Generosity, wrong placed, becometh a vice; a princely mind will impoverish a private family.
THOMAS FULLER
Introductio Ad Prudentium
How much easier it is to be generous than just! Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest.
JUNIUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
A generous man will, in his treatment of an enemy, resemble the sun, which pours light all around it, even upon the clouds that strive to dim its lustre.
ANNIE E. LANCASTER
attributed, Day's Collacon
You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give -- the more you will have!
W. CLEMENT STONE
Be Generous!
A single act of generosity has a stronger and more lasting effect than a thousand misfortunes. It is better to trust the redeeming power of charity than to the energies of wrath. One tender look, one generous expression, may create a feeling of cordiality, a tide of happiness, that will circulate instantaneously throughout the greatest multitude.
LYMAN MAGOON
attributed, Day's Collacon
One great reason why men practice generosity so little in the world, is, their finding so little there: generosity is catching; and if so many men escape it, it is in a great degree from the same reason that country-men escape the smallpox, because they meet no one to give it to them.
FULKE GREVILLE
Maxims
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
KATARINA STOYKOVA KLEMER
attributed, The Way of Letting Go
Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Sand and Foam
It is very easy, oftentimes, to do a generous act impulsively, and on the spur of an occasion; and as so done--it may be both useful and gratifying to the recipient--may confer a real favor, and merit thanks and the feeling of gratitude.
G. A. SALA
attributed, Day's Collacon
An act of generosity is a seed, which even dropped by chance, springs up a flower.
J. D. FORBES
attributed, Day's Collacon