Generous Quotes

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He let you have the pants anyway?" she asked. I had started talking about Maxon as soon as I could, eager to know how their… — Kiera Cass
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing… — Cheryl Strayed
Instead I ought to be grateful to Him who never owed me anything for having been so generous to me, rather than think that He… — Rene Descartes
It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future. We are, indeed, often cruel and… — Jane Goodall
But do you know why we are always more just and generous toward the dead? The reason is simple. With them there is no obligation.… — Albert Camus
Oh, September! It is so soon for you to lose your friends to good work and strange loves and high ambitions. The sadness of that… — Catherynne M. Valente
Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she does… — Mother Teresa
How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my… — Audrey Hepburn
The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! — Wilkie Collins
The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward. — Carol Ryrie Brink
It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies… — Hilary Mantel
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people… — Agatha Christie
He pushed himself to his feet. â€œDonâ€™t lie, Sansa. I am malformed, scarred, and small, butâ€¦â€ she could see him groping â€œâ€¦abed, when the candles… — George R. R. Martin
Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested but he'll make… — John Flanagan
Do the gods of different nations talk to each other?...Is there some annual get-together where they compare each other's worshippers? Mine will bow their faces… — Orson Scott Card
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect… — Muhammad Ali
How generous the universe could be, when he wanted to be! — Cassandra Clare
That is a noble idea, though I think it far to generous," Jupiter said. "Once a decade should be sufficient." "I would rather be too… — Kevin Hearne
Love isn't one-sided and selfish.It is full and generous and life-altering in the best of ways.Love does not destroy, Gabriel.It creates. — Sarah MacLean
A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming. In the midst of such love we need never fear abandonment.… — Bell Hooks

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