Generosity Quotes

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Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. — Theodore Isaac Rubin
When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. — John Ruskin
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give… — Susan Sarandon
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the… — Jean-Paul Sartre
The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. — Albert Schweitzer
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid. — Albert Schweitzer
Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a… — Jane Smiley
A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence. — Sylvester Stallone
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of… — John Steinbeck
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it. — Rabindranath Tagore
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing… — Mother Teresa
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? — Mother Teresa
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. — Margaret Thatcher
I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with… — Hunter S. Thompson
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. — Voltaire

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