Generosity Quotes
877 quotes by 634 authors
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity,…
— Martin Luther
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Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds…
— Yasmin Mogahed
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I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.
— Josh Fox
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The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.
— Pierre Gagnaire
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The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.
— Raj Patel
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Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm…
— Raj Patel
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If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great…
— Charlie Haden
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It takes great generosity to accept generosity.
— Merle Shain
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Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.
— Pope Francis
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And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a…
— David Platt
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Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ;…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.
— Thomas Huxley
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I know. I know that I shall never again meet anything or anybody who will inspire me with passion. You know, it's quite a job…
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way.
— Rumi
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Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called…
— Abraham Maslow
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When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you.
— John O'Donohue
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The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even…
— Jacques Chirac
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The genius of happiness is still so rare. To possess it means to approach life with the humility of a beggar, but to treat it…
— Ellen Key
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We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.
— John Stott
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The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I…
— Andre Agassi
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