Generous Quotes

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Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. — Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success. — Brandon Steiner
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Giving the kids a programming environment of any sort, whether it's a tool like Squeak or Scratch or Logo to write programs in a childish… — Nicholas Negroponte
More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the… — Richard Le Gallienne
There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our… — Jack Layton
In a democracy the majority of citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority...and that oppression of the majority will extend… — Edmund Burke
It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded in kindness and… — Oliver Sacks
If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous. — James Boswell
Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous. — Wendell Berry
A rich man can afford to be generous to many. — Mercedes McCambridge
If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling,… — Connie Nielsen
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves… — Joseph Warren
I have to say that it was a thrilling ride to be on 'Terriers.' It was this odd circumstance where it was really loved by… — Donal Logue
The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic. — Barbara Steele
A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all… — George Saunders
Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony. — Howard Stringer
The energy of the Kennedy years was completely compelling... I had a sense of a generous society eager to change the world. Idealism was very… — Howard Stringer
I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that! — R L Stine
I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as generous as I once was. In… — Veronica Webb

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