Generous Quotes · Page 19

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

— Robert Frost

Fashion has always been very generous. Think of what it has done for curing AIDS.

— Franca Sozzani

There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.

— Alison Croggon

Think of yourself as a role model for others-showing that you can be kind, generous, loving, and rich!

— T. Harv Eker

The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

— P. T. Barnum

I don't know of a way to have a generous church without a generous pastor.

— Johnny Hunt

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves.

— John H Aughey

If you're too generous, you'll eventually end up with nothing. But if you're too selfish, you'll eventually end up with no one.

— Anonymous

David Bowie is the quintessential English gentleman and, of course, a musical and generational institution. I only played support for him for…

— Brooke Fraser

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe side and the just…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

I must admit that I am not generous with weak people. It's not in my nature or in my personality. My parents…

— Oriana Fallaci

Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

When I was really young, I was reluctant to be perceived as bossy, and I thought that working with an ensemble was…

— Liza Johnson

Steven [Soderbergh] is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about…

— Katie Holmes

How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and…

— Van Wyck Brooks

F For Fake is a talentless concoction of unparalleled ineptitude... It would have been a more generous gesture to show a retrospective…

— Rex Reed

Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our…

— Seneca the Younger

It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed,…

— Jane Goodall

If we can manage to refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious…

— Dalai Lama

Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are…

— Grenville Kleiser

I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue…

— Maya Angelou

This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine.…

— Dana Goldstein

“Libertarians are not the brightest lights in the candelabra, a fact that is evident from the alternatives they tend to offer to…

— Michael Lind

To feel a full and untrammeled joy is to have become fully generous; to allow our selves to be joyful is to…

— David Whyte

Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair.

— Joseph Addison

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

— Bear Grylls

In working with Nick Cannon, he's such a generous guy, a generous actor, and he was very protective.

— Teyonah Parris

I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work…

— Richard Thomas

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

— Alexander Pope

The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of…

— Marilyn Monroe

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

— Charlie Trotter

Photography has been very, very generous to me, but at the same time has damaged me.

— Don McCullin

There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are…

— Guus Hiddink

Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully - wild - generous, drastic in an unrationed profligacy of…

— Robin Morgan

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

— Laurence Sterne

Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life.

— Ashton Kutcher

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

— Ashton Kutcher

“Sacrifice” and “self” both begin with the same letter, but the spelling is way different after that.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

You don’t have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at YOU.

— Lee Friedlander

Success may or may not mean that you've acquired a lot. It does mean that you have become a generous person.

— Robert H. Schuller