generosity Quotes

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.