Generous Quotes

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Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water… — Edward Abbey
Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big… — John Grogan
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you are conventionally held… — Bertrand Russell
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Of the seven days God gave to us in a week, He said to take six, and use them for our business. Yet we think… — Charles Spurgeon
when fate is very generous with us, there is always a well into which all our dreams can tumble. — Paulo Coelho
You must therefore zealously guard in his mind the curious assumption 'My time is my own'. Let him have the feeling that he starts each… — C.S. Lewis
No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you… — Orson Scott Card
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed. — P.D. James
3:12 pm Secretly, I admit, I find many of my classmates annoying. I've often thought to myself, 'Good grief, these people are five-year-olds. Why must… — Jaclyn Moriarty
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections… — Jane Austen
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her… — Toni Morrison
I can see that I imagine all kinds of rejection that never happens. I can see that I beg and plead for love that is… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to… — John F. Kennedy
But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person? — David Sheff
As my mother once said to me, â€˜Theyâ€™re quite crazy, dear â€“ men are. What you look for is one of them whose insanity is… — Charles Baxter
To know when to be generous and when firmâ€”that is wisdom. — Edith Wharton

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