Generosity Quotes - Page 18

• True generosity must benefit both parties. No woman can control her destiny if she doesn't give to herself as much as she gives of herself.

  Suze Orman

  Party, Destiny, Giving

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• May I reach That purest heaven - be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty. Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in the diffusion ever more intense! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.

  George Eliot

  Love, Sweet, Agony

  George Eliot (1900). “Armgart: The Spanish Gypsy, and Other Poems”

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

  Seth Godin

  Choices, Emergencies, Brilliance

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• I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

  Roald Dahl

  Kindness, Thinking, Numbers

  Roald Dahl (2017). “The Roald Dahl Treasury”, p.601, Penguin UK

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• As the amount of inputs go up, as the number of people and ideas that clamor for attention continue to increase, we do what people always do: we rely on the familiar, the trusted and the personal. The incredible surplus of digital data means that human actions, generosity and sacrifice are more important than they ever were before.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Mean, Sacrifice

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• A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.

  John Stott

  Giver, Acceptable

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• Giving is God's way. It is the way that I now understand is the truth of the Universe. Giving multiplies me and makes me feel complete and fulfilled. Giving makes me feel that I make a real and important difference.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Real, Differences, Giving

  Mark Victor Hansen, Robert G. Allen (2002). “The One Minute Millionaire: The Story that Transforms Your Life and Makes You Rich”, Random House Business Books

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• People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous person do not change your income. Change your heart.

  John C. Maxwell

  Heart, People, Giving

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• Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt so rich, so blessed, so sincerely full of "enough."...I believe it is on this robust, overflowing ...contemplative pathway that one gains the joy and serenity to be generous.

  Brian D. McLaren

  Believe, Blessed, Practice

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• The only safe investment one can make in life is what is given away.

  Millard Fuller

  Safe, Life Is, Investment

  Millard Fuller (1994). “The Theology of the Hammer”, p.36, Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.

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• Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action, and insures success.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Spiritual, Issues, Achievement

  Mary Baker Eddy (1967). “Christian Science Sentinel”

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• Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Compassion, Care, Tragic

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• All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Compassion, Care, Following

  Edna St Vincent, Edna St. Vincent Millay (2013). “The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection”, p.155, eBookIt.com

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• Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He would be as one on them: quiet, open hearted in the sunshine and heavy when it rained.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  Sunshine, Garden, Compassion

  Jerzy Kosinski (2007). “Being There”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

  Maimonides

  Kindness, Blessed, Giving

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• You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Kindness, Sugar, Vinegar

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• Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

  Laozi

  Kindness, Kind Thoughts, Kind Deeds

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• Let me, tonight look back across the span
  Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say-
  Because of some good act to beast or human-
  The world is better that I lived today.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Kindness, Dark, Dawn

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Morning Prayer”

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• We need to help younger people recognize their own capacity to do good, and help them discover the rewards of generosity.

  William J. Clinton

  Responsibility, People, Needs

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2583, Best Books on

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• There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.

  Freya Stark

  Giving, Receiving, Gentleness

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• Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

  Michael Parenti

  Class, Important, Awareness

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• Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Beauty, Beautiful, Appreciation

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• In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Life, Family

  "Nelson Mandela's personal letters reveal guilt, anguish and marital spats". www.news.com.au. December 6, 2013.

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• Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

  Ajahn Chah

  Letting Go, Expectations, Inner Peace

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• Righteousness and generosity are inseparable. The person whose heart longs for God also longs to give to others.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Heart, Giving, Righteousness

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