Best Generosity Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 25

“When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.”

Giving Silence Kindness Abuse Generosity Expenses

Author:Rachel Simmons

“Just being a woman is God's gift. The origin of a child is a mother, a woman. She shows a man what sharing, caring, and loving is all about. That is the essence of a woman.”

Men Love Children God Shows Mother Women Men And Women Essence Caring Motherhood Generosity Just Being Womanhood Being A Woman Inspirational Women

Author:Sushmita Sen

“When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.”

People Humans Country Care Principles Rights Human Rights Access Favors Health Care Generosity Solidarity Promoting

Author:Omar Bongo

“Love and happiness remind me of sticky peanut butter. When you spread them around, you can't help but end up getting some on yourself!”

Love Ends Helping Friendship Spread Generosity Peanuts Sticky Peanut Butter Happiness And Love

Author:Marsha Jordan

“If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?”

Ifs Choices Generosity Emergencies Brilliance

Author:Seth Godin

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”

Source: Our Mutual Friend

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”

“The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway.”

Age Kindness Future Greed Generosity Selfishness Selfishness And Greed

Author:Laurence Overmire

“The most important thing that everyone should bring to the dining experience is a certain generosity of spirit. Just remember that there are two kinds of people: lovers and others. And you know what you can do with the others.”

People Knows Should Kind Two Important Remember Spirit Certain Can Do Lovers Important Things Generosity Dining Generosity Of Spirit

Author:John Olsen

“For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years. If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its guiding motive is unparalleled generosity, if it is absolutely certain that there is no thought of recompense and that, in addition, it has left its visible mark upon the earth, then there can be no mistake.”

Ifs Years Humans Character Able Earth Certain Left Mistake Quality Performances Mark Fortune Generosity Motive Visible Exceptional Good Fortune Egoism Recompense

Book:The Man Who Planted Trees

Source: The Man Who Planted Trees

“All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less harm and greater good to others in the global community of our shared earth.”

Earth Choices Causes Community Greater Awareness Flow Harm Generosity Greater Good Global Community

Book:Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life

Source: Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life

“It was the seventh of November, 1918. The war was finally over. Maybe it would be declared a holiday and named War's End Day or something equally hopeful and wrong. Wars would break out again. Violence was part of human nature as much as love and generosity.”

Humans War Ends Would Be Break Violence Human Nature Generosity Hopeful Holiday November Break Out

Book:Heart Specialist

Source: Heart Specialist

“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.”

People World Looks Soul Spirit Goodness Window Busy Generosity Christmas Spirit Inspirational Christmas Merry Christmas Busy Life Generosity Of Spirit

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“You know what love is? It is all kindness, generosity.”

Knows Love Is Kindness All Kinds Generosity Kindness Generosity

Author:Rumi

“There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.”

“My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.”

Years Hands Taught Couple Let Me Snow Generosity Grandfather My Grandfather Harlem Cones

Author:Erik Estrada

“Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.”

Race Determine Generosity Colour Distinction Nobel

Book:Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam

Source: Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam

“Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.”

Way Generosity

Author:Chip Ingram

“It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that”

World Heart Spirit Can Do Comfort Depth Intellect Generosity Richness Your Generosity Generosity Of Spirit

Author:Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Ask for help. Receiving is an act of generosity.”

Helping Asks Generosity Receiving

Author:Cheryl Richardson

“The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.”

Giving Poor Wonderful Share Greatness Catholic Saint Generosity Generous

Author:Mother Teresa

“If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.”

Ifs Men Mind Kind Generosity Generous Nobility

Author:Plato

“True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.”

Given Share Pure Expectations And Love Possession Valuable Generosity Strings Offering Pure Love Time And Love Strings Attached True Generosity Valuable Possessions No Strings Attached

Author:Suze Orman

“Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .”

Natural Attitude Compassion Kindness Expression Generosity Loving Kindness Generosity And Giving

Author:Dalai Lama

“I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an investment in the community.”

People Looks Community Company Investment Generosity Philanthropy

Author:Paul Newman

“Nothing teaches character better than generosity.”

Life Character Motivational Teach Kindness Teaching Words Of Wisdom Integrity Entrepreneur Generosity Benevolence

Author:Jim Rohn

“Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.”

Way Long Hard Hard Work Waste Generosity Wasting Time Consistently Long Way Transparency

Author:Seth Godin

“A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the many young people present to be generous with their God-given talents for the good of others, the Church and our world.”

People World God Christian Young Asks Given Church Religious Lord Talent Catholic Generosity Generous Our World Hiding Withdrawing God Given Talents Hidden Talents

Author:Pope Francis

“Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.”

Giving Trying Hard Spirit Spread Generosity Generosity Of Spirit

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“Let us pray for all good and faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices.”

People Prayer Sacrifice Praying Catholic Good Generosity Faithful Priests Priesthood Clergy Clergymen

Author:Pope Francis

“Let me think about the people I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me, I still love them. I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them - Then let me extend that generosity to myself.”

People Thinking Giving Stills Care Chance Failing Let Me Generosity I Care Disappoint

Author:Ze Frank

“Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen”

Kind May Doe Lord Kindness Grace Loyalty Genuine Generosity Grants Bitterness Reign Gentleness Amen Friendliness

Book:Jesus, Remember Me: Words of Assurance from Martin Luther

Source: Jesus, Remember Me: Words of Assurance from Martin Luther

“When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.”

Love Inspirational Moments Earth Heaven Judging Judgment Forgiveness Forgiving Injustice Generosity Generous That Moment Love And Forgiveness

Author:Rob Bell

“Allah is al-Kareem, so if He withholds from you it is not on account of stinginess. It is on account of His generosity. He withholds to give.”

Ifs Giving Accounts Generosity Als Stinginess

Author:Yasmin Mogahed

“I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.”

Believe Self Motivation Interest Crisis Don't Believe Enormous Generosity Motivated Self Interest Wellspring

Author:Josh Fox

“The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.”

Pleasure Generosity Cuisine Lucidity Rigour

Author:Pierre Gagnaire

“Money should be used to help others.”

Should Helping Wisdom Used Money Wise Wise Words Words Of Wisdom Helping Others Generosity

Author:Neem Karoli Baba

“The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.”

Opposites Generosity Consumption Thrift

Book:The Value Of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

Source: The Value Of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

“Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connected to everyone I disappear... in being excellent you lose yourself. And when you're connected to everyone, that's the best thing that can happen.”

People Happens Loses Share Connected Disappear Generosity Excellent Best Things Losing Yourself

Author:Raj Patel

“If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great musician.”

Ifs Humans Human Beings Quality Humility Musician Strive Generosity Reverence Great Music Reverence For Life Great Musician Good Human Being

Author:Charlie Haden

“It takes great generosity to accept generosity.”

Giving Accepting Generosity

Author:Merle Shain

“Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.”

People Young Church Aim Dear Great Things Generosity Aim High Your Generosity

Book:The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

Source: The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

“And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives.”

Needs Earth Christ Our Lives Glory Eternity Radical Generosity Temporary Proclaiming

Author:David Platt

“Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ; that you can deal with whatever is available around you and not feel poverty stricken.”

Feels Joy Deals Poverty Essence Available Generosity Richness Resourcefulness

Book:Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

Source: Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

“Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.”

Inspirational Real Self Quality Dignity Generosity Gentleman Self Respect Modesty Thoughtfulness Generosity Of Others Real Gentleman

Book:Collected essays

Source: Collected essays

“I know. I know that I shall never again meet anything or anybody who will inspire me with passion. You know, it's quite a job starting to love somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment, in the very beginning, when you have to jump across a precipice: if you think about it you don't do it. I know I'll never jump again.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Moments Jobs Passion Energy Inspire Starting Generosity Existentialism Blindness Precipice Nausea

Book:Nausea

Source: Nausea

“Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way.”

Way Heart Real Self Rich Sacrifice Students Riches Tricks Generosity Thrown Cunning Consumed Self Sacrifice

Author:Rumi

“Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing”

Interest Common Honesty Stupidity Common Sense Former Generosity Innocence Cowardice Disturbing Candor Gullibility Lack Of Common Sense

Author:Abraham Maslow

“GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.”

Mean Persons Bits Birth Noble Generosity Generous Multitudes

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

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