Quiet Generosity Quotes

A good deed hidden in silence dies.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.

People assume because I have a very thick skin that I don't have feelings. I don't, for the most part. But occasionally, I'm capable of great acts of charity. I tend to do it quietly.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

The charity of good women is such that their 'love makes no parade'; they are not glad 'when others go wrong'; they are too busy serving to sit statusfully about, waiting to be offended.

Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care.