Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Generosity

Like rain, give fully and do not ask what grows.

The sun asks for nothing and lights everything.

Give without needing a reward, because it is right to give.

Give because giving is right, not because it will be returned.

Charity cleans the giver.

Needing nothing, you can give everything.

Let every task be a small act of giving.

Enjoy only what remains after you have given.

Celebrate another's wisdom, and you make room for your own.

Give, be gentle, be steady: three simple virtues for a lifetime.

A tree gives shade to whoever stands beneath it.

Generosity is a form of strength.

Let your goodness flow like a river that keeps giving.

Be a source of support who asks nothing in return.

There is more to life than wanting; there is also giving.

Give quietly, and let the giving be enough.

Share what you have and make it with care.

A gift given quietly and at the right moment is twice a gift.

Generosity is best when it asks for nothing.

Give without keeping a ledger.

Give as a duty of the heart.

A gift with strings attached is only half a gift.

Wealth shared is wealth sanctified.

Sharing is how abundance becomes peace.

There are many ways to give; choose one and begin.

Wisdom passed in love is the best inheritance.

Share what you love and watch delight multiply.

Nourishment given freely is a divine gift.

Be a giver who gives to all directions.

Praise freely given brightens the one who gives it.

Give freely, study sincerely, live straightforwardly.

A life of generosity is a life without fear of lack.

Generosity with strings attached is only half free.

Share generously and with attention.

Share what you have with those around you; it keeps meaning alive.

Time your kindness well; a gift at the right moment lasts longest.

Generosity that keeps accounts feels heavy.

An offering with open hands is a free offering.

Give without keeping a ledger.

A grasping heart hoards results; a wise one spends effort freely.

Generosity is a form of worship.

Giving understanding outweighs giving things.

What you pass on may someday be someone's rare luck.

Giving is the engine of creation.

Open every door you hold, as the sacred has opened its own.

The giver faces every side and turns from none.

Notice how often 'mine' crowds out 'ours'.

Give, discipline yourself, offer; these purify.

Giving and living began together.

Share your meal before you eat it.

Join the wheel of giving and receiving.

Time and effort are also wealth to give.

A life of giving leaves a sweetness behind.

Teach what you know; that is a rich offering.

Plant what you have received in service of others.

Ownership shrinks the heart; sharing widens it.

Not all action is a fault; some of it is a gift.

Sacrifice means making something sacred by giving it.

Let your generosity go unnoticed, even by you.

Support those who support you, and those who do not yet.

What is shared nourishes twice.

A life that only takes has lost its rhythm.

Give first, and what is left tastes better.

Let the sun teach you to give without asking.

Giving, discipline, and offering keep a life clean.

Prosperity grows where offering is part of life.

Enjoy with an open hand.

Contribution gives pleasure its meaning.

Let your work be a gift, not a need.

What you learn well is meant to be handed on.

Hoarding starves even a full house.

What you do not share, you only half enjoy.

Mentors multiply themselves through those they train.

Clarity about what lasts makes you generous with what doesn't.

Generosity is the original design.

A life of giving is a life of enough.

Hoarding is a quiet theft from the whole.

Cook for others as well as for yourself.

You can offer your wealth, your discipline, or your learning.

The first share belongs to something larger than you.

Success is meant to be shared; otherwise it is lonely.

What you offer returns in forms you did not expect.

The highest good is shared, not hoarded.

What we receive freely, we should also give freely.

A table shared is a table blessed.

The self-sufficient heart gives without bargaining.

Inner security makes outer generosity easy.

Giving without lack is the highest generosity.

Knowledge kept for oneself is only half learned.

A life without giving cannot find rest even in comfort.

A life without generosity is poorer even if it is blameless.

Offer something daily; it need not be a grand gesture.

Give a little time, a little wealth, a little comfort.

Contribution frees what ambition binds.

Let giving be your habit, not your exception.

Offer first; expect second.

Those who only take make the world poorer.

Comfort without contribution is hollow.

Selfish accumulation weighs on the heart.

Give your strength freely.

A shared life is a fruitful life.

Generosity is the best seasoning.

What could you give today without expecting anything back?

Imperishable wisdom survives because someone kept sharing it.

How might you share what you have without claiming credit?

What can you give today that costs you something?

What have you given today before you took?

Love makes the smallest offering large.

To delight in others' welfare is meditation in motion.

Offer your work as a gift, and it leaves no weight.

Joy grows when friends share wisdom.

Be like the old tree: rooted, generous, unhurried.

If you cannot practise, serve; service is a path too.

Delight in the welfare of all, and you carry less.

Seek the good of all, and your own good follows.

A great tree is a quiet teacher of shelter and patience.

The infinite does not exhaust itself by giving.

Celebrate greatness wherever you find it.

Let your calm become someone else's comfort.

Fearlessness, purity, generosity and self-control: gather these virtues.

Let your good deeds be quiet and unconditional.

Pleasant speech is a gift you can give for free.

A life given to others becomes light.

Love given with your whole heart travels furthest.

Practise gentleness, even-mindedness and generosity daily.

Prosperity is best held as a trust.

Let praise be sincere and generous.

Even when you cannot meditate, you can contribute.

Resentment spoils a gift; give only what you can give gladly.

Steadiness in giving, discipline and offering is itself goodness.

Support the work of goodness, wherever it appears.

Other people's wins take nothing from your share.

Gratitude is the nectar left over from generosity.

Learning flows to the one who wishes others well.

Be a source of strength without making others dependent.

Wealth held lightly can be a servant of good.

Admire others' greatness; it is a window to yours.

The deepest secrets are shared out of kindness.

The wise take joy in others' wellbeing.

Teachers born of the source pass the source on.

A wish-fulfilling cow is a picture of generous nature.

Be a friend before you are asked.

Free from expectation, you can give without bargaining.

Leadership is generosity with responsibility.

Sometimes the threat is someone we helped to grow.

Let devotion be a gift, not a transaction.

When all nourish each other, all are nourished.

Enjoy what you receive, but remember to return something.

Even those who need nothing can still choose to serve.

Give your effort away and you keep your freedom.

The young carry the future’s strength.

Selfish action is the chain; selfless action is the key.

Create value for others; abundance will follow.

Balance your receiving with giving.

Action keeps the wheel of giving turning.

Let your work leave the world a little better.

Kindness that waits for a reason is only a trade.

Discipline plus generosity make a clean heart.

Loosen the fist; the hand will hold more.

A team is a roll call of different gifts.

Each person who joins strengthens the whole.

Everyone, young or old, can contribute a part.

Welcome all who wish to help.

Continuity is a gift we owe the next generation.

Those who know how to offer are cleansed by the offering.

Leave people lighter than you found them.

Feed, exchange, serve: three ways we hold each other up.

True happiness has room for others.

Healthy relationships are a loop of giving.

Nature feeds those who feed nature.

A cycle broken by selfishness leaves everyone poorer.

Whom could you quietly help today?

What blessing could you offer the world today?

Who taught you, and whom will you teach?