Generous Quotes

Be just before you are generous.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I'm dangerously generous.

— Mika

I'm very generous.

— Elton John

A generous figure is always nice!

— Mimi Imfurst

Actors are very generous.

— Blythe Danner

Elvis is a very generous boy.

— Colonel Tom Parker

Photography is a generous medium…

— Lee Friedlander

By moderation one can be generous.

— Laozi

We are never so generous as when giving advice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You make more money if you're generous.

— Robert Kiyosaki

It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny

— Paulo Coelho

“Ah, yes. Well. Life has been generous to me in its variety.”

— Amor Towles

Algebra is generous; she often gives more than is asked of her.

— Jean le Rond d'Alembert

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. -Simone Weil”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

— Honore de Balzac

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

— Francesco Guicciardini

Tom Cruise is one of the most wonderful, kind, and generous men that I've ever met.

— Courtney B. Vance

The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I…

— Carine Roitfeld

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us.

— Woodrow Wilson

Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world.

— Judy Biggert

Ask yourself every day: Is my love alive, true, generous, and open? How can I bring love into action?

— Jonathan Granoff

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind,…

— Henry Miller

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

— Anonymous

I have no doubt that President George W. Bush - a man, in my experience, of extremely kind and generous instincts, and…

— Matthew Scully

The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate…

— Nhat Hanh

Laws directed against opinions affect the generous-minded rather than the wicked, and are adapted less for coercing criminals than for irritating the…

— Baruch Spinoza

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means…

— Norman Mailer

When we feel connected to the vastness of life and are confident of life's abundance, we are naturally generous and able to…

— Donna Farhi

Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human,…

— Allen Drury

A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of…

— John Milton

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true… If you do something…

— Lisa Randall

Working with Joe [Kosinski], definitely. I loved working with Joe. For a guy who doesn't really come from the fiction world -…

— James Frain

The money for my movies mostly come from talented and generous friends willing to work for almost nothing. As a producer, my…

— Amber Sealey

Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative…

— Edward Abbey

Conservatives believe in traditional values. Not because we want to impose our views on anyone, but because to abandon those values would…

— Marco Rubio

The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for…

— Abraham Lincoln

Get a millionaire mentor. Most of us were brought up middle class or poor and then hold ourselves to the limits and…

— Grant Cardone

The langour of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! The zest, the generous affections, the…

— Evelyn Waugh