Generosity Quotes

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Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world. Youth do not… — Pope Francis
When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eyepopping bigheartedness happens. — Max Lucado
Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit. — Keith Ferrazzi
Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy… — Seth Godin
The most important thing for us is to save lives. — Rick Perry
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the… — Alonzo King
Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots. — Henry David Thoreau
True giving is a thoroughly joyous thing to do. We experience happiness when we form the intention to give, in the actual act of giving,… — Sharon Salzberg
We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their… — Dalai Lama
Honesty,sincer ity,simplicity, humility, pure generosity,abse nce of vanity,readines s to serve others -qualities which are within easy reach of every soul -are the foundation of… — Nelson Mandela
The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become… — Kenny Loggins
Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable. — Timothy Keller
Bread may not always nourish us; but it always does us good, it even takes stiffness out of our joints, and makes us supple and… — Henry David Thoreau
In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity. — George H. W. Bush
And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him… — Khalil Gibran
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's… — Marcus Aurelius
When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and so on. Nothing… — Marcus Aurelius
Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required… — Elizabeth Lesser
Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest… — Dalai Lama
Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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