Generous Quotes

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Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most… — Frederick Lenz
Alec Baldwin is an incredible... I mean this guy is a tour de force when you talk about people that are generous and available and… — Kate Hudson
I believe that if creative people are open and generous enough when working with each other, a lot more can be learned and achieved by… — William Kempe
There is a beautiful and life-enhancing alternative outlook that offers insight, consolation, inspiration and meaning, which has nothing to do with religion, and everything to… — A.C. Grayling
We are driven by self-interest, itâ€™s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking othersâ€™ interests into account. Co-operation… — Dalai Lama
Generous in spirit, richly poetic, and packed with memorable characters. — Lawrence Millman
A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni! — Christian Nestell Bovee
The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see… — William Hazlitt
The gods, (if gods to goodness are inclined If acts of mercy touch their heavenly mind), And, more than all the gods, your generous heart,… — John Dryden
The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order. — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds. — John Greenleaf Whittier
What is good looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,-generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Press bravely onward! - not in vainYour generous trust in human kind;The good which bloodshed could not gainYour peaceful zeal shall find. — John Greenleaf Whittier
She [Monica Vitti] was a great actress, but a very difficult person. I am not in contact with her at the moment because she is… — Giovanna Cau
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. — Robert Frost
Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles. — Zsa Zsa Gabor
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. — William E. Gladstone
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. — Francesco Guicciardini
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. — Pierre Corneille

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