Magnanimous Quotes
34 quotes by 32 authors
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Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is…
— Van Wyck Brooks
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It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.
— Mark Twain
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In proportion as we perceive and embrace the truth do we become just, heroic, magnanimous, divine.
— William Lloyd Garrison
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In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
— Leon Trotsky
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You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company - a clean,…
— Orison Swett Marden
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There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of…
— George Washington
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It takes no effort to love. The state has its own innate joy. ...When you have the experience of love, either giving it or receiving…
— Deepak Chopra
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Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.
— Kim Dae-jung
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How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the…
— Van Wyck Brooks
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The next time we met was at Appomattox, and the first thing that General Grant said to me when we stepped inside, placing his hand…
— James Longstreet
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
— Xunzi
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We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others…
— Stephen Covey
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The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous - large souled.
— Sam Keen
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Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.
— Karin Fossum
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In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your small world, but…
— Pope Francis
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The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir…
— Sam Keen
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He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is…
— May Sarton
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I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a…
— Nathan Bedford Forrest
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