Generous Quotes

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The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest! — Henry Home, Lord Kames
One great reason why men practice generosity so little in the world, is, their finding so little there: generosity is catching; and if so many… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all… — John of Ruysbroeck
We need to be generous with the women following in our footsteps in the hope that they will be generous with us. — Tina Sloan
That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough to allow us… — John Green
I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to you so as to enable you to surmount all obstacles. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God. — Robert Burns
The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. — Woodrow Wilson
The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so… — Paul McCartney
The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say the… — Colman McCarthy
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can… — Terry Tempest Williams
It fascinates me that there is a variety of feeling about what I do. I'm not a premeditative photographer. I see a picture and I… — Lee Friedlander
He has fantastic powers. He can be imperious, abrupt, impatient with sloppy procedures, but he is also poetic, visionary, romantic. He is possessed by two… — Warren Winiarski
A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of… — Ramsey Clark
Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side effect of raising… — Paul Krugman
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind all… — Pope Francis
If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy… — Confucius

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