Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should read more

Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality read more

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. read more

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.