Quotes about Generosity

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.

When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility as a weakness; if he is generous, we call his courage pride.

We respond to healing grace by giving it away.

As a counterbalance to the list of seven deadly sins, the church in the Middle Ages came up with a list of seven works of mercy: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, house the homeless, visit the sick, ransom the captive, bury the dead.

The world starves for grace.

Or we can picture God as a caring parent with traits with love, generosity, and sensitivity- an infinite Being who personally interacts with and responds to creation. Accordingly, God considers prayers much as a wise parent might consider requests from a child.

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.