585 Quotes About Generosity

No one is to pursue what he judges better for himself, but instead, what he judges better for someone else.

Generosity is the evidence of prosperity.

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.

Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all beholders.

God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutionises our philanthropic instincts. Much of our philanthropy is simply the impulse to save ourselves an uncomfortable feeling. The Spirit of God alters all that. As saints our attitude towards giving is that we give for Jesus Christ’s sake, and from no other motive.

We keep what we give away.

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life," to extend their trembling hands. True generosity lies in striving so that these hands--whether of individuals or entire peoples--need be extended less and less in supplication, so that more and more they become human hands which work and, working, transform the world.

Don't touch my plumtree!Said my friend and saying so...Broke the branch for me

As I get older, I see my income increase and my expenses decrease leaving what I call the “generosity gap”. It is within this gap that I can be extravagant in my generosity and make strategic investments in God’s kingdom and His people.