Generous Quotes

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Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and… — David Schwimmer
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of… — David Sedaris
Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live. — Pete Seeger
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven. — Barbra Streisand
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. — Laurence Sterne
I'm shrewd about money; I invest well and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people. — Rod Stewart
I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with… — Hunter S. Thompson
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are,… — William Arthur Ward
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day! — William Arthur Ward
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all… — Thomas J. Watson
It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to… — Jacki Weaver
The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man,… — Frances Wright
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive… — Fareed Zakaria
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. — Stefan Zweig
Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality. — Julian Baggini
You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle… — Tony Kushner
The langour of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! The zest, the generous affections, the illusions, the despair,… — Evelyn Waugh
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them â€” the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We have come to think that duty should come first. I disagree. Duty should be a by-product. Writing, the creative effort, the use of the… — Brenda Ueland

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