Generosity Quotes - Page 33

• Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre is a genuine project and a living proof of generosity of the people of Pakistan.

  Hadiqa Kiani

  Cancer, People, Memorial

  4 Copy quote

• Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Kindness, Style, World

  "We could be heroes: an election-year letter" by Rebecca Solnit, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.

  31 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Commitment, Understanding

  17 Copy quote

• The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Greed, Quality, World

  7 Copy quote

• Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.

  Mike Leigh

  Choices, Luck, Spirit

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 23, 2008.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Discipline, Energy

  4 Copy quote

• Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow, with many kinds of sorrow. Learn of the wonderful heroism of the poor, of the incredible generosity of the very poor

  Minnie Maddern Fiske

  Night, Sorrow, Heroism

  Minnie Maddern Fiske, Alexander Woollcott (1917). “Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon, Shouting their emulation.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Moon, Complaining

  'Coriolanus' (1608) act 1, sc. 1, l. [218]

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

  Bob Burg

  Giving, Ships, Tides

  4 Copy quote

• If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.

  Richard Rohr

  Love, Christian, Heart

  324 Copy quote

• My main philosophy is that money is a loan from God. I'm in charge of it. I'm responsible for investin it, giving some of it away, providing for my family, and protecting it.

  Orel Hershiser

  Philosophy, Giving, My Family

  15 Copy quote

• When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.

  Bernie Glassman

  Giving, Rejection, Arise

  Bernie Glassman (2013). “Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace”, p.128, Penguin

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is cheap generosity which promises the future in compensation for the present.

  J. A. Spender

  Promise, Compensation

  7 Copy quote

• The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Mind, Want, Feels

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.

  Eric Hoffer

  Giving Up, Commitment, Hysterical

  "Reflections on the Human Condition". Book by Eric Hoffer, Section 44, 1973.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?

  Ramana Maharshi

  Self, Giving, Truth Is

  Ramana Maharshi (2004). “The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Law, Order, Principles

  7 Copy quote

• Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it engrosses all a man's expense, and leaves no ability for such acts of duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune. The same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas would give bread to a whole family during six months.

  David Hume

  Men, Luxury, Giving

  David Hume, Stephen Copley, Andrew Edgar (2008). “Selected Essays”, p.176, Oxford University Press

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Painters strike me as having warm uncomplicated friendships and probably more natural generosity than the practitioners of any other art. Perhaps this is because painting is such a portable, flexible thing.

  Paul Theroux

  Art, Painting, Natural

  Paul Theroux (2006). “The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy.

  Alain de Botton

  People, Envy, May

  9 Copy quote

• If I've learned anything in the more than 50 years that I've led MDA, it's that the generosity of the American people knows no bounds. I'm sure that with their fellow citizens in such dire need, they'll dig deep and do everything they can to help. I'm hopeful that many people will be willing to make two phone calls and donate to both causes.

  Jerry Lewis

  Phones, Years, Two

  12 Copy quote

• It's not just an exclamation, but it's a rejection of everything to do with Christmas, with the spirit of Christmas, with gift-giving, with generosity.

  Patrick Stewart

  Christmas, Giving, Rejection

  "Televised chestnuts: Christmas present". www.cnn.com. November 30, 1999.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There flows throughout our whole history a stream of humanity, of generosity, of tolerance, so broad, so powerful, and so pure that it would be vain indeed to look for a similar one in the past of any other European country.

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  Country, Powerful, Past

  14 Copy quote

• Americans are known for their strength, fortitude, and generosity in times of need. We encourage people in the U.S. and everywhere to give with their hearts, reach out to these victims, and donate what they can to the relief efforts.

  Michael Dell

  Heart, People, Giving

  8 Copy quote

• The generosity of Montanans is inspiring.

  Brian Schweitzer

  8 Copy quote