Generosity Quotes

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I live to feel her fingers move inside of me like this. The bus makes another stop. A fat man climbs aboard, hauling himself up… — Joey Comeau
She had never realized any love save love as passion. Such love, though it expends itself in generosity and thoughtfulness, though it give birth to… — Thornton Wilder
Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. — Fanny Burney
Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadnâ€™t realized Edwardâ€™s extreme generosity was a learned behavior. Bella — Stephenie Meyer
This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the… — Paulo Coelho
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain,… — Helen Keller
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned… — Sharon Salzberg
It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where… — Jean-Paul Sartre
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while… — Eric Hoffer
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you. — Oprah Winfrey
Iâ€™d give him a cup of coffee and a big helping of a knuckle sandwich. Generosity was a virtue and I was in the mood… — Ilona Andrews
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again… — George Eliot
Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers. — Jonathan Maberry
It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of… — Charles Alexander Eastman
He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as… — John Eldredge
True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity. False charity constrains the fearful and subdued, the "rejects of life,"… — Paulo Freire
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. — Simone Weil
Keep the change, Gin," McCallister said in a smarmy, mocking voice. "Consider it an early Christmas present." "Aw," I drawled. "A whopping thirteen cents. You're… — Jennifer Estep
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery… — Roald Dahl

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