Generous Quotes

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Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Be just before you are generous. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors… — Abraham Lincoln
Is it not amazing that at a time when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country, above all others,… — Patrick Henry
Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… — George Washington
When our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success. — W. Clement Stone
A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money… — Andrew Carnegie
Success may or may not mean that you've acquired a lot. It does mean that you have become a generous person. — Robert H. Schuller
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. — William Arthur Ward
We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean… — Margaret Thatcher
I think that our whole country needs to have more love and compassion for all children. All life is valuable and a gift from God.… — Kim Alexis
And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and… — Rene Descartes
I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,… — Thomas Jefferson
If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life is so generous a giver but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the… — Giovanni Giocondo
I do mean this - I had the good fortune of being around a number of Alzheimer's patients in the last three years of my… — James Rebhorn
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise. — Luc de Clapiers
A generous action is its own reward. — William Thomas Walsh
I detest . . . anything over-cooked, over-herbed, over-sauced, over elaborate. Nothing can go very far wrong at table as long as there is honest… — Sybille Bedford
There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will… — William Bourke Cockran

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