Generosity Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Poet
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Jean de la Bruyere (1645-1696) French writer, moralist
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)French writer, moralist
We must be aware of the dangers which lie in our most generous wishes. Some paradox of our nature leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion.
Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) American critic
As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our chequebooks? — “Self.”
Eden Pbilpotts (1862- 1960) British author
Don’t be selfish. If you have something you do not want, and know someone who has no use for it, give. In this way you can be generous without expenditure of self-denial and also help another to be the same.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
It’s better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.
Sir Philip Gibbs (18774962) British author, journalist
