Bel Kaufman Quotes

Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.

Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.

The intention behind our giving and receiving is the most important thing. When the act of giving is joyful, when it is unconditional and from the heart, then the energy behind the giving increases many times over. But if we give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving. If we feel we have lost something through the act of giving, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase.

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.

Great gift-giving involves three things: you feel what the other feels; you give freely; and you count sacrifice a bargain… those gifts are truly great which are given simply for the joy they bring to another heart.

Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind.

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.

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

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

When you give, give from the place of the heart because it is the right thing to do, not the easy thing to do.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

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

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

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for.

I give you something, but I don't want you to give me something tomorrow. When I give something, it's because I want to give it.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.