Generous Quotes

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Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and… — John Adams
I have not a doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying,… — Jane Austen
Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of… — Wilkie Collins
I love you, Minerva. I love that you believe in me no matter what. I love how you take whatever you see and distill it… — Sabrina Jeffries
Fate is a shape-shifter. It is the kindest and most generous entity imaginable, laying out more goodness than a person deserves, and then it shrinks… — Deb Caletti
Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous--some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.… — Ilona Andrews
I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone." She tried not to smile. "That is most generous of you."… — Julia Quinn
It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their destiny — Paulo Coelho
It was frustrating when people loved you and took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what you did with… — Ann Brashares
Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled that… — Lauren Oliver
Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and… — Zig Ziglar
Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage… — Marilynne Robinson
The world is a den of thieves, and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. The… — Ingmar Bergman
And Derek was... what? A pair of dark eyes that hid more than they revealed and some broad shoulders and a mouth that could be… — Claire LaZebnik
There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with… — Wendell Berry
No touching Baby Jesus.â€ â€œBut weâ€™re his parents!â€ proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation. â€œMary Beth,â€ Barb… — John Irving
To mention it was to ask a favor and that as you were too generous, and as for her to ask was always to have,… — Cecelia Ahern
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again… — George Eliot
The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other… — Khalil Gibran
Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffeeâ€”and, because she was feeling generous, and… — Nalini Singh

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