Top 50 Generosity Quotes That You Should Know

Les Listes is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Generosity is a great quality to have. It is when some selflessly gives their kindness, food, money, or even time to others. With that in mind, check out the top 50 generosity quotes to help make you more generous.

Table of Contents

#50 – 40. Generosity Quotes

50. Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Albert Camus

49. “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” Simone Weil

48. “Generosity, kindness, honesty, humor – makes us truly rich.” Waylon Lewis

47. “Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.” Rebecca Solnit

46. “Generosity takes an open heart and a love that asks for nothing in return.” Anonymous

45. True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Suze Orman

44. “Generosity is giving more than you can.” Khalil Gibran

43. “The law of prosperity is generosity. If you want more, give more.” Bob Proctor

42. “Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.” Albert Camus

41. “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” Frank Howard Clark

40. Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. Frank A. Clark

#39 – 30. Generosity Quotes

39. “Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.” Pete Seeger

38. Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives. Jean-Paul Sartre

37. “Generosity is the flower of justice.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

36. “Through radical generosity we are awakening people.” Bill Johnson

35. “Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.” Ajahn Chah

34. “To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.” Confucius

33. “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 ever you can.” John Wesley

32. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” Nelson Henderson

31. “Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.” Kahlil Gibran

30. “I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.” Charles Dudley Warner

#29 – 20. Generosity Quotes

29. “A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” Buddha

28. “Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.” Albert Camus

27. “The greatest way to learn the genius of generosity is to practice it in real time with others.” Chip Ingram

26. Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. Khalil Gibran

25. “Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.” Muhammad Ali

24. “Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can – a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement – we are training in letting go.” Pema Chodron

23. “You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” Albert Camus

22. Please all and you will soon please none. Aesop

21. Great spenders are bad lenders. Ben Franklin

20. Be just before you are generous. E. Haywood (1745)

#19 – 10. Generosity Quotes

19. “My intent is to be generous of spirit and live with total integrity every day of my life.” Deepak Chopra

18. “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

17. One good turn deserves another. Aesop

16. “The most generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” Carol Ryrie Brink

15. “Generosity is the best investment.” Diane Con Furstenberg

14. “Generosity isn’t an act. It’s a way of life.” Chip Ingram

13. “Goodness is about character, integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” Dennis Prager

12. You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Ben Franklin

11. Without kindness there can be no true joy. Thomas Carlyle

10. “The heart that gives, gathers.” Tao Te Ching

#9 – 1. Generosity Quotes

9. “You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” William Blake

8. Nothing is impossible to the willing heart. John Heywood

7. No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted. Aesop

6. Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. Barbara Bush

5. “Sometimes, we need only to look at the sunrise to see the generosity of God.” Jocelyn Soriano

4. “Don’t wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly, lead the way.” Steve Maraboli

3. Good words are worth much and cost little. George Herbert

2. “You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.” William Blake

1.“Where grace happens generosity happens.” Max Lucado

Ideas for the top 50 generosity quotes come from the following sources.^[1]Cool Quotes – Generosity Quote^[2]Wise Old Sayings – Generosity Sayings and Quotes^[3]Awaken the Greatness Within – 35 Inspirational Quotes On Generosity