Generous Quotes

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The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence. — Pope John Paul II
Day by day we are building for eternity ... Every gentle word, every generous thought, every unselfish deed will become a pillar of eternal beauty… — Rebecca Ruter Springer
They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Again the early-morning sun was generous with it's warmth. All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me-the snort of the horses as they… — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and… — Judith Jamison
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of… — Harry S. Truman
Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a… — Saint John Chrysostom
People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous… — John C. Maxwell
Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt so… — Brian D. McLaren
All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe side and the just side of a… — Anna Brownell Jameson
There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above… — Oliver Goldsmith
The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully - wild - generous, drastic in an unrationed profligacy of self... — Robin Morgan
I think it's a problem that people are considered immoral if they're not religious. That's just not true.... If you do something for a religious… — Lisa Randall
When I get a very generous introduction like that I explain that I'm emotionally moved, but on the other hand I'm Irish and the Irish… — Barry McCaffrey
Be generous with the credit for your achievements. The more other people feel that they are gaining from your success, the more they will continue… — Octavius Black
One ought to be just before one is generous — Winston Churchill
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it. — Idries Shah
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life,… — Christian Nestell Bovee

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