Generosity Quotes

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No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots… — Amelia Earhart
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. — Miguel de Cervantes
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty. — George Eliot
Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are good, that you… — Fatema Mernissi
But I liked you from the moment I first heard your voice,â€ he said, â€œwhen I had no idea what you looked like. I thought… — Loretta Chase
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am,… — Jimmy Carter
There is incredible generosity in the potentialities of Nature. We only have to discover how to utilize them. — E F Schumacher
Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared — Cecelia Ahern
Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea? — Samuel Johnson
The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time… — Julia Child
The generosity of the Earth allows us to feed all mankind; we know enough about ecology to keep the Earth a healthy place; there is… — E F Schumacher
If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then it must somehow… — Wendell Berry
The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of… — Charles Alexander Eastman
When ordinary human beings perform extraordinary acts of generosity, endurance or compassion, we are all made richer by their example. Like the rivers that flow… — Greg Mortenson
Maybe that's the way to tell the dangerous men from the good ones. A dreamer of the day is dangerous when he believes that others… — Mary Doria Russell
Few things linger longer or become more indwelling than that feeling of both completion and emptiness when a great book ends. That the book accompanies… — Pat Conroy
She would try to relieve the pain of love by first roughly rubbing her dry lips against mine; then my darling would draw away with… — Vladimir Nabokov
Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness. — Mario Benedetti
(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. — J M Coetzee

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