Quotes about Generosity

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak.

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me and been close to me.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

Philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.

Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.

Every man therefore is bound to do all the good he can to others, especially for the church and commonwealth.

a person must pass the lessons learned on to others—or there has been no real gift at all.

I am not preoccupied with collecting more goods and services; quite simply, my desire and effort—every day—is to pay back, to give back to the world a bit of what I have received.

All the emptying out is only for the sake of a Great Outpouring.

Clearly, you are participating in a Love that's being given to you. You are not creating this. You are not generating this. It is being generated through you and in you and for you. You are participating in something larger than yourself and you are just allowing it and trusting it for the pure gift that it is.

We have always made it hard for God to give away God for free.