Rainbow Rowell Quotes

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.

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

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

The Secret of living is giving

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

The greater the giving, the greater the living.

Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.

He that lends, gives.

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.

Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.

John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.

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.

He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.