Generosity Quotes - Page 28

• In order to have the continued opportunity to express their "generosity" the oppressors must perpetuate injustice as well.

  Paulo Freire

  Opportunity, Order, Injustice

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.44, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

  Mother Teresa

  Vanity, People, Giving

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• The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Spiritual, Heart, Feelings

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• God will not be outdone in generosity.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Gods Will

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• I think that deep inside, all of humanity knows there's truth here, whether they want to admit it or not. There's a joy that comes in Christmas. There's a season of giving, so people feel this generosity.

  Chris Tomlin

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Source: www1.cbn.com

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• However much your life may have become an expression of creativity, of generosity of spirit, there's always the further possibility of more or just expressing it in different ways.

  Arjuna Ardagh

  Creativity, Expression, Different

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• I'm not making excuses for the missed opportunities of the Israelis, or the lack of generosity, the lack of empathy that I think goes hand-in-hand with the suspicion. So, yes, there is more that the Israelis need to do to really demonstrate that they do understand the pain of an oppressed people in their minds, and they want to figure out, within the bounds of security and a Jewish democratic state, what can be accomplished.

  Hillary Clinton

  Pain, Opportunity, Thinking

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• When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Revenge, Men, Enemy

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• The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity.

  Ruth Ozeki

  Infinite, Abandon, Wanton

  Ruth Ozeki (2013). “All Over Creation”, p.229, Canongate Books

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• A good relationship is a competition of generosity.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Good Relationship, Competition

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• 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.

  Christopher Hitchens

  People, United States, Great Things

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• Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Love, Friendship, Best Friend

  The Motto Book (1907)

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• Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

  John Irving

  Habit, Good Habits

  John Irving (1980). “3 by Irving”, Random House Incorporated

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• My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

  Naveen Jain

  Believe, Hard Work, Opportunity

  "Tips for Entrepreneurial Philanthropy" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2011.

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• A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

  Gertrude Jekyll

  Trust, Patience, Teacher

  Gertrude Jekyll (2011). “Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur”, p.6, Cambridge University Press

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• There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

  Charles Kingsley

  Kindness, Reality, Too Late

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• We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Kindness, Creativity, Blessing

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.189, Sophia Institute Press

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• I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

  Katherine Mansfield

  Love, Friendship, Best Friend

  Katherine Mansfield (1987). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume II: 1918-September 1919”, OUP Oxford

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• I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.

  Jon Meacham

  Believe, Greatness, Elderly

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• Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Change, Kindness

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• Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents.

  Roger Moore

  Education, Children, Home

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• There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.

  Jason Mraz

  Song, Love You, Giving

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• A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

  Suze Orman

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

  Jon Porter

  Earthquakes, Support, Hurricanes

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