Generous Quotes
The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.
Jealousy is the very reverse of understanding, of sympathy, and of generous feeling. Never has jealousy added to character, never does it make the individual big and fine.
Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.
As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.
It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have an interest in your enterprise.
There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice.
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.
God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.
Goodness is generous and diffusive; it is largeness of mind, and sweetness of temper,--balsam in the blood, and justice sublimated to a richer spirit.
The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible, exception of stupidity.
Give generously. How much is generous? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. If you've never tithed, start there - then begin to stretch your generosity.
I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.
The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity.
There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires.
No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.
Americans are the nicest, most generous, and sentimental people on earth. Yet Americans have killed more unborn children than any nation in history.
Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.
Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.
A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.
There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things.
The fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be.
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
Friends, suffering, marriage, environment, study and recreation are influence which shape character. The strongest influence, if you are generous enough to yield to it, is the grace of God.
Day by day we are building for eternity ... Every gentle word, every generous thought, every unselfish deed will become a pillar of eternal beauty in the life to come.
In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which that love can be realised in creation.
I have begun in old age to understand...that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others.