Be Generous Quotes
Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.
The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook.
My work has made me tolerant of memory mistakes by family and friends. You don't have to call them lies. I think we could be generous and say maybe this is a false memory.
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 infirm, who most allow themselves to be carried away by anger and hatred.
The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.
You don’t have to go looking for pictures. The material is generous. You go out and the pictures are staring at YOU.
In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decision, the day's generous utterances, and the day's good deed.
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.
I think design, to a degree, is more generous and more humanistic than art, though great art can move us more.
The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?
When we feel connected to the vastness of life and are confident of life's abundance, we are naturally generous and able to practice the third yama, non-stealing (asteya).
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.
You will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company - a clean, pure, straight, honest, upright, generous, magnanimous companion.
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.
A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
Jesus calls us to a holiness that is positive, generous and openhearted. It's a difficult, daring challenge - do we accept it?
Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.
The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.
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 that we have, He takes.
Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.
Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.
Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
Extend some kind of unexpected generosity to someone, preferably a stranger, every single day for two weeks. The more you practice being generous, the more you'll impact others in an inspiring way.
Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.
Donald Trump is happiest when he's with his family and that's his - that - that really is a happy place for him to be with his family. And so he's very generous, very kind, funny, compassionate.
If you desire to become a more generous person, don't wait for your income to change. Change your heart.
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.
Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.