Generous Quotes

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The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to actually… — John Ensign
I worked on 'Sarah Connor' even longer than 'Firefly.' And I always remembered how generous everyone was to me when I didn't know what to… — Summer Glau
Businesses can lead with their values and make money, too. You don't have to simply be purely profit-driven. You can integrate social and environmental concerns… — Jerry Greenfield
A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough. — Morton Blackwell
I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and so talented, and… — Kathryn Hahn
The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth. — Hilaire Belloc
Hyun Joong hyung is totally a real man. He is very generous, easy to get along, and dependable. Sometimes, he would hide and cry secretly… — Kim Kyu-jong
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the… — Van Wyck Brooks
We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing. — Noel Gallagher
What middle-income Americans want most of all is a job. We need a generous safety net for the most vulnerable in our society, but for… — Joe Kyrillos
The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling, remind me that most people are that way all year round--kind, generous,… — Harland Miller
May I live this day... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love /… — John O'Donohue
Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart. — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone
And my wife is - you know my wife, Hanna Rosin - it's hard, there's no doubt. We have three kids, and it's a pain.… — David Plotz
There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that gives… — Michel de Montaigne
There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin. — Christian Nestell Bovee
For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen. — Miguel de Cervantes
The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it. — Benjamin Franklin
You can't be consistently fair, consistently generous, consistently just, or consistently merciful. You can be anything erratically, but to be that thing time after time… — Maya Angelou

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