Generous Quotes - Page 29

• Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Love, Strong, Long

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• In dwelling, live close to the ground.
  In thinking, keep to the simple.
  In conflict, be fair and generous.
  In governing, don't try to control.
  In work, do what you enjoy.
  In family life, be completely present.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Family

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• Americans are less mystical about what produced their inland or meadow courses; they are the product of the bulldozerm rotary ploughs, mowers, sprinkler systems and alarmingly generous wads of folding money.

  Alistair Cooke

  Golf, Rotary, Meadows

  Alistair Cooke (1996). “Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements”, p.114, Arcade Publishing

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• Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

  Horace Mann

  Heart, Helping Others, Self

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• When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Children, Parenting, Men

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• I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their absence....When the tears of bereavement have had their natural flow, they lead us again to life and love's generous joy.

  James Martineau

  Life And Love, Heart, Grieving

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• 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.

  Stendhal

  Character, Pride, Sacrifice

  Stendhal (1916). “On Love”

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• 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.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Change, Joy

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was handed me a few days since by Senator Sumner. Please tell these little people I am very glad their young hearts are so full of just and generous sympathy, and that, while I have not the power to grant all they ask, I trust they will remember that God has, and that, as it seems, He wills to do it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Children, Heart

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.287, Wildside Press LLC

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• Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men forgive their dead, but God does not.

  Mark Twain

  Religious, Men, Forgiving

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• Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Winning, Power, Giving

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• When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your power but that you are too generous to make use of it.

  Eustace Budgell

  Success, Achievement, Victory

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• The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving, Compassion, World

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• Why should we all use our creative power....? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money.

  Brenda Ueland

  Art, Fighting, Compassion

  Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• Honor to those who in the life they lead
  define and guard a Thermopylae.
  Never betraying what is right,
  consistent and just in all they do
  but showing pity also, and compassion;
  generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,
  still generous in small ways,
  still helping as much as they can;
  always speaking the truth,
  yet without hating those who lie.
  And even more honor is due to them
  when they foresee (as many do foresee)
  that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance,
  that the Medes will break through after all.

  C.P. Cavafy

  Badass, Lying, Hate

  Constantine P. Cavafy, “Thermopylae”

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• There is nothing to learn about love. Everything is already there, in our genes, in our nature. We don't have to learn anything except what we invent in this world of illusion. We search for love outside ourselves when love is all around us. Love is everywhere, but we don't have the eyes to see...Your heart can create any amount of love, not just for yourself, but for the whole world. When we know that our heart is a magical kitchen, we are always generous and our love is completely unconditional.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Love, Heart, Eye

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• As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.

  Felix Dennis

  World, Wealth, Rich

  Felix Dennis (2011). “The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money”, p.12, Penguin

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• To generous souls every task is noble.

  Euripides

  Generosity, Soul, Tasks

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• People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Thinking, People, Generosity

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “ON THE CONTRARY”

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• Be generous! Give to those you love; give to those who love you; give to the fortunate; give to the unfortunate - yes, give especially to those to whom you don't want to give. You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!

  W. Clement Stone

  Love You, Generosity, Giving

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• A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Generosity, Littles

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.34, Applewood Books

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• The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Friends, Honesty, Generosity

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.63, Penguin

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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, pure, straight, honest, upright, generous, magnanimous companion.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Love, Honesty, Clean

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• If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.

  Mother Teresa

  Faith, Together, Selfishness

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• A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

  Alexander Pope

  Friendship, Resentment, Cold

  Alexander Pope (1967). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.191, Lulu.com

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