Generosity Quotes

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It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such… — Ezra Taft Benson
Without gospel truths, man's efforts to reach his goals are like the northbound explorer who drove his dog sled feverishly northward on an ice pack… — Neal A. Maxwell
If we keep a goal firmly in mind, we will know when we have reached it. This gives us a sense of accomplishment and the… — Ezra Taft Benson
Progress is measured by milestones. What many good people lack are markers that might tell them how they are actually doing. Goals can become a… — Neal A. Maxwell
If we are to achieve long-range goals, we must learn to set up and accomplish short-range goals that will move us along the way. If… — Ezra Taft Benson
I find that goal setting, when done this way, leads to goal achieving. The chronic failure to achieve goals lowers self-esteem. Show me a failure… — Neal A. Maxwell
Although goal setting can clearly be overdone, only a few people are overly involved with goals and goal setting; most people do far too little… — Neal A. Maxwell
The best sculptor is the one who can most accurately reproduce in marble the image that he sees before him. The good cook follows the… — Sterling W Sill
Someone has said that planning is the place where man shows himself most like God. Nothing is more godlike than the planner, the thinker, the… — Sterling W Sill
To dig a straight furrow, the plowman needs to keep his eyes on a fixed point ahead of him. That keeps him on a true… — Howard W. Hunter
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after… — Aga Khan IV
Normally we empower our demons by believing they are real and strong in themselves and have the power to destroy us. As we fight against… — Tsultrim Allione
Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from God's grace and God's love for us . .… — Desmond Tutu
Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity. — Pope Francis
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection… — Earle Brown
This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. — Harry Belafonte
God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others. — Andy Stanley
For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the… — John F. Kennedy
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity… — Nelson Mandela
To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first — Keith Ferrazzi

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