It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
When I was at my lowest point I had a lot of help from charities, food banks, to see me through so… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
“(Vice President) Garner has taken his personal smallness, his lack of generosity, and forged it into a political principle. He has no… — Hamilton Basso Copy Share Image
Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help.… — Randy Neugebauer Copy Share Image
Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict… — Peter Birks Copy Share Image
“There is so much obligatory generosity to being a good mother, a good wife, a good friend. Solitude is an acceptable form… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live… — Javier Marías Copy Share Image
Charity is to unburden you from your guilt, so you say, 'I am doing something: I going to open a hospital, going… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“From Sachs to Kristof to Invisible Children to TED, the fastest growth industry in the US is the White Savior Industrial Complex.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“Sacrifice is not the price we pay to earn the celestial kingdom; it is the essence of the celestial kingdom. Testimony is… — Brad Wilcox Copy Share Image
“For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity, and so on: but they forget… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Have charity towards all beings. Pity those who are in distress. Love all creatures. Do not be jealous of anyone. Look not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Both wisdom, and generosity derive from God. And when one submits themselves completely to Him, one soon becomes like Him: wise and… — Calvin W. Allison Copy Share Image
Giving is God's way. It is the way that I now understand is the truth of the Universe. Giving multiplies me and… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“So you make a sacrifice!' he threw special emphasis on the last word. 'Well, so do I. What could be better? We… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Geffrey Davis interrogates masculinity- as brother, son, father, lover-to examine the sources of love's enduring and failed aspects ... I admire Davis'… — Robin Becker Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how much good you do for people or how many great charity deeds you perform. What really matters is… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
Deserve a great deal, and you shall have a great deal; deserve little, and you shall have but a little; and be… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“The difference between being nice and being a doormat depends on whether you're choosing the time of your generosity or someone else… — John Mulhall Copy Share Image
Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come… — Jessica Biel Copy Share Image
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Maybe the raising of millions of dollars of funds for charitable projects has become 'a racket', and the longer they remain in… — Roland V. Libonati Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit… — Earle Brown Copy Share Image
The trouble with beauty is feelings of superiority, the trouble with generosity is extravagance, the trouble with noble descent is sinful pride. — Anonymous Copy Share Image