Johnetta B. Cole Quotes

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.

My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.

Give, but give until it hurts.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

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.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.