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• To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Gratitude, Generosity, Giving

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• 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.

  Mark Twain

  Gratitude, Kindness, Compassion

  Mark Twain (2010). “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition”, p.180, Univ of California Press

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• I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Selfish, Opportunity, People

  Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Men, Generosity

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• Success may or may not mean that you've acquired a lot. It does mean that you have become a generous person.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Mean, Generosity, Doe

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• The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Love, Wise, Generosity

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• 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 question is the generous side and the merciful side.

  Anna Brownell Jameson

  Ninety Nine, Generosity, World

  Anna Brownell Jameson (1877). “A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected”, p.27

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• One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Running, Courage

  "Pray It Forward: Daily Meditations" by Rowena Holloway, iUniverse, (p. 34), August 1, 2007.

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• Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

  Maya Angelou

  Courage, Practice, Bravery

  USA Today, March 5, 1988.

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• Who will be the happiest person?
  The one who brings happiness to others.

  Swami Satchidananda

  Being Generous, Persons, Generous Person

  Swami Satchidananda (1987). “The Golden Present: Daily Inspirational Readings”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 11, 2014

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• A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

  Georgette Mosbacher

  Men, Generosity, His Love

  Georgette Mosbacher (1994). “Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve”, Touchstone

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• There are good points about all... wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity, courage, patriotism, etc., are called into life. People are more generous, more sympathetic, better, than when engaged in the more selfish pursuits of peace.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Selfish, War, People

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• 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.

  Matthew Henry

  Wise, Men, Hands

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.1012

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• ... Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps ... He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic of the border in the early days, yet even when full of the vile libel of the name of whiskey which was dealt over the bars at exorbitant prices, he was gentle as a child, unless aroused to anger by intended insults. ... He was loyal in his friendship, generous to a fault, and invariably espoused the cause of the weaker against the stronger one in a quarrel.

  Jack Crawford

  Children, Names, Indulge In

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• I certainly like the actor to have as much lee-way as possible. In the same way that director Bong was generous enough to let me create, you have to do that for actors, as well, and let them use the tools they have, and part of that is their own brains and their own words.

  Kelly Masterson

  Brain, Directors, Tools

  Source: collider.com

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• If humility is always desirable, generous humility is still more so.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Humility, Stills, Ifs

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• Scott has to be one of the most talented artists I've ever seen. He really captures his subjects in a unique way. He is extremely generous as well. How many artists are willing to donate some of their best works to charity? The Texas Sports Hall of Fame has benefited greatly from Medlock's donated paintings, which are the cornerstones of our auction!

  Bob Lilly

  Sports, Artist, Unique

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• If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because neither you nor I are generous enough. It is because we are not instruments of love in the hands of God. We do not recognize Christ when once again He appears to us in the hungry man, in the lonely woman, in the child who is looking for a place to get warm.

  Mother Teresa

  Lonely, Children, Men

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• 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.

  Saul Bellow

  Age, Realizing, Stingy

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