Quotes about Generosity

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above" (James 1:17).

Once we understood that we were giving away God's money to do God's work, we discovered a peace and joy we never had back when we thought it was our money!

Giving sacrificially also means giving the best. If we have two blankets and someone needs one of them, sacrificial giving hands over the better of the two. Sadly, much of our "giving" is merely discarding. Donating secondhand goods to church rummage sales

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." —John Wesley

He says to use it "to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings" (Luke 16:9, NIV).

Andrew Carnegie said, "The almighty dollar bequeathed to a child is an almighty curse. No man has the right to handicap his son with such a burden as great wealth.

You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion" (2 Corinthians 9:11).

Let us walk as stewards and not act as owners, keeping for ourselves the means with which the Lord has entrusted us. He has not blessed us that we may gratify our own carnal mind but for the sake of using our money in His service and to His praise." —George Müller

Both psychological research and Scripture demonstrate that those who give generously and serve others are happy people.

I shovel out the money, and God shovels it back—but God has a bigger shovel." — R. G. LeTourneau

There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them." —C. S. Lewis

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!