Quotes about Generosity

The God we've been presenting people with is just too small and too stingy for a big-hearted person to trust or to love back.

whatever that takes, and then has plenty left over for others. True heroism serves the common good, or it is not really heroism at all.

If God chooses and doles out his care, we are always insecure and unsure whether we are among the lucky recipients. But once we become aware of the generous, creative Presence that exists in all things natural, we can receive it as the inner Source of all dignity and worthiness. Dignity is not doled out to the worthy. It grounds the inherent worthiness of things in their very nature and existence.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Remember, He is giving it to us to manage, not to have. We are His bondservants, and we therefore do not have anything of our own. It is all His, and we must not spend it on ourselves unless He gives us permission.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

The most difficult area to surrender for many people is their money.

William James said, "The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?" David modeled this kind of gratitude when he prayed, "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?"15 Years later, his son would write, "It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.

Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

serving is the highest use of life