Generosity Quotes - page 12

Yes, [Virginia], there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. (Francis Pharcellus Church)
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late. View quote
Jane Austen
The business of the world absorbs, corrupts, and degrades one mind, while in another it feeds and nurses the noblest independency integrity, and generosity. Pleasure is a poison to some, and a healthful refreshment to others. View quote
Albert Pike
Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God. View quote
Francis Bacon
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. View quote
John Steinbeck
A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence. View quote
Sylvester Stallone
Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the same persons; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance, hesitation of reflection. But the palm of courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours. View quote
Thucydides
No one is self-sufficient. And it's not a one-way thing- -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind from the other side. View quote
Desmond Tutu
A prince is just a conceit until he does something with generosity. View quote
Rumi
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do. View quote
Richard Dawkins
Jesus' reminder urges each of us never to stop at the surface of things, especially when we have a person before us. We are called to look beyond, to focus on the heart in order to see how much generosity everyone is capable of. (Pope Francis)
Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads. View quote
Randa Abdel-Fattah
I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips. View quote
Will Rogers
People are marvelous in their generosity if they just know the cause is there. View quote
Will Rogers
It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity. View quote
Fausto Cercignani
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream. View quote
Michael Mullen
Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency. View quote
Alan Cohen
Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. (Miguel de Cervantes)
My greatest hope for Norway is that we will be able to take care of one another. That we will continue to build this country – on a foundation of trust, fellowship and generosity of spirit. That we will feel that we are – despite our differences – one people. That Norway is one. View quote
Harald V of Norway
Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked. View quote
Judith Martin
It was not the result of the generosity of corporations or their Democratic Party representatives in government. View quote
Kshama Sawant
Spirituality is a way of life. It is our total inward quest for growth, meaning and authenticity. And it is manifested in the quality of one's life. In the last analysis, to be spiritual is to be touched and transformed by the Spirit of God. In a person who has been touched and transformed by God's Spirit the fruits of the Spirit will be seen: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Gal 5:22-23). Besides, "where the Spirit of Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17). View quote
Kurien Kunnumpuram