Generosity Quotes

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A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's. — Bob Burg
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love… — Richard Rohr
My main philosophy is that money is a loan from God. I'm in charge of it. I'm responsible for investin it, giving some of it… — Orel Hershiser
When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise. — Bernie Glassman
I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is cheap generosity which promises the future in compensation for the present. — J. A. Spender
Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it. — Benjamin Franklin
Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation. — Eric Hoffer
In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. — Erich Fromm
There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who we generally consider… — Jimmy Carter
I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you envy, the ones… — Twyla Tharp
I should like to make myself free to all who care to attend my lectures. — Howard Pyle
Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Guys who dress up like Santa Claus, see, and give presents away do it because when they was young they must have did something bad… — George Seaton
All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others? — Ramana Maharshi
Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it… — David Hume
You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no… — Ray Charles
Painters strike me as having warm uncomplicated friendships and probably more natural generosity than the practitioners of any other art. Perhaps this is because painting… — Paul Theroux

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