What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous… — Mary Jane Ward Copy Share Image
The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Money doesn't make you special, it makes you lucky. Be generous, be crazy, be outrageous. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
When any welfare scheme is being proposed, its political sponsors always dwell on what a generous and compassionate government should pay to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
... Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps ... He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic… — Jack Crawford Copy Share Image
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
She that would raise a noble love must find Ways to beget a passion for her mind; She must be that which… — Theresa Villiers Copy Share Image
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Copy Share Image
As I am generous towards others ... As I see a person in need and don't just say, 'God bless you.' I… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday - the act of self denial - has always… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy,… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
If God brings our pets back to life, it wouldn't surprise me. It would be just like Him. It would be totally… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I'm a generous host, but I'm a difficult and interfering guest. When I go around to other people's houses and they're cooking,… — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Copy Share Image
But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
