Giving Tuesday: Quotes To Inspire Sharing And Generosity

Every day is a good time to practice generosity and Giving Tuesday is an excellent time to start unleashing kindness in the community.

Giving Tuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a movement that encourages people to inspire change in their communities, whether by donating to a charity, sharing with friends and neighbors who don't have a lot or simply showing up for someone who needs help.

Started in 2012 with the simple idea of encouraging people to do good, Giving Tuesday is now an international movement that inspires millions of people in over 70 countries. As the organization behind the event said, "Everyone has something to give and every act of generosity counts."

Whether it's money, things or even time that people can share, Giving Tuesday is a good time to inspire people to be generous.

Here are some quotes to spark the generous spirit, courtesy of Gooreads and Brainy Quote:

• "There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up." — John Holmes
• "True generosity lies in striving so that these hands—whether of individuals or entire peoples—need be extended less and less in supplication, so that more and more they become human hands which work and, working, transform the world." — Paulo Freire
• "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you." — John Bunyan
• "Happiness exists on Earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity." — Jose Marti
• "A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal." — Steve Maraboli
• "That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing." — Simone de Beauvoir
• "Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style." — Rebecca Solnit
• "Money is not the only commodity that is fun to give. We can give time, we can give our expertise, we can give our love or simply give a smile. What does that cost? The point is, none of us can ever run out of something worthwhile to give." — Steve Goodier
• "True generosity is an offering; given freely out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share." — Suze Orman
• "Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion." — Mahatma Ghandi