Generous Quotes

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 to choose what matters to us.

Press bravely onward! - not in vainYour generous trust in human kind;The good which bloodshed could not gainYour peaceful zeal shall find.

The most generous and merciful in judgment upon the faults of others are always the most free from faults themselves.

As a brave man goes into fire or flood or pestilence to save a human life, so a generous mind follows after truth and love, and is not frightened from the pursuit by danger or toil or obloquy.

Romney is a good, intelligent, extraordinarily generous man who put on a great fight. But he didn't understand the country or the people he sought to lead, and that is why he lost.

No nation can last which has made a mob of itself, however generous at heart.

He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.

I don't know of a way to have a generous church without a generous pastor.

Ask yourself every day: Is my love alive, true, generous, and open? How can I bring love into action?

My publisher is generous with deadlines, which are never set in stone. Some writers need that pressure, but I am more productive when there's less panic.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

[John Larroquette] is very generous as the star of a show. He always made sure that if we had a joke that didn't work or something, he'd fight for the other actors.

I think [John Larroquette] did a great job. I really do. And he's so wonderful and generous to work with.

I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels.

I greatly admired Gypsy [Rose Lee] for being able to rise above her circumstances; I was terrified of her; I thought she was generous; I thought she was brilliant; I thought she was cruel.

Alec Baldwin is an incredible... I mean this guy is a tour de force when you talk about people that are generous and available and somebody you could approach and I have ideas.

I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and so talented, and generous, and effortless.

Steven [Soderbergh] is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about directing, so when I was on set I tried not to bug him too much.

I find Donald Trump to be very kind and generous. I find him to have a great sense of humor.

Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.

People can be good, people can be generous, people can be helpful. People can help those who are in need when they need it.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.

I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.

To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.

Generous in spirit, richly poetic, and packed with memorable characters.

If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.

You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way.

We have the most generous immigration policy, but what is a concern is when illegal immigrants come and undermine a variety of the systems that work in order to make our society function.

I have always been generous because I know that I have done well in life and I believe it is part of my duty to give back. So I am always been philanthropic.

Americans believe in the value of immigration. We are the most generous nation on earth to immigrants, allowing over one million people a year to come here legally.

When we accept dismissive judgments of our community we stop having generous hope for it. We cease to be capable of serving its best interests.

The French debt will remain massive. Savings should be made with cuts to the generous social system, which grants illegal immigrants the same protections as it does our citizens.

SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! Descend with all thy treasures fraught, Illumine each bewilder'd thought, And bless my labour'g mind.

Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous of you, the other person clears his throat and dives into his own writing experiences.

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God.

Rejoicing is the essence of genuine worship. A sad face (apart from remorse for sin or regret concerning the pain of others) is an affront to a gracious and generous God.

For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.

A prompt, generous letter of thanks can seal a commitment which otherwise might disappear when the going gets rough.

Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

If you are extremely generous, greed will run away.

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.

I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't want anything. I'm not a consumer. I don't crave objects.

We're the generous country, we're the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that.

At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous

I'm so thankful. God has been so good and generous.

when fate is very generous with us, there is always a well into which all our dreams can tumble.

But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful.