Generous Quotes - Page 22

• The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.

  Gary Oldman

  Mistake, Jewels, America

  "Gary Oldman on life, the universe, and everything". Interview with Laremy Legel, www.mtv.com. December 19, 2011.

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• Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big

  Lisa Genova

  Creative, Bigs, Practicals

  Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

  Joseph Heller

  Three, Texan, Be Good

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself with groveling or sniveling, or appeals to her nomexistent mercy. Thinking that he might still be helpful in finding her Looking Glass Maze, she said, "I'm feeling generous today. You get to live.

  Frank Beddor

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Glasses

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• Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• Go work until you can get the job you that want to have. And I'm really lucky to get to work with a lot of entrepreneurs that are building some of the coolest, new stuff in the world and these guys and girls work really hard and they put in the hours and they're generous and care about other people and it's what led to their success.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Girl

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• The stillness of the early morning scene enables me to take in and enjoy many things which pass me by during the bustle of the day. First, there are the scents, which seem even more generous with their offerings than they are in the evening.

  Rosemary Verey

  Morning, Offering, Generosity

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• Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in generous measure. Now I demand more of you. Men, money and materials cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits.

  Subhas Chandra Bose

  Lying, Army, Men

  Subhas Chandra Bose, P. D. Saggi (1954). “A Nation's Homage: Life and Work of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose”

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• No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest of all virtues is true valor) and noble in its cause. No utility either more just or universal than the protection of the repose or defense of the greatness of one's country. The company and daily conversation of so many noble, young and active men cannot but be well-pleasing to you.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Country, Military, Exercise

  Michel de Montaigne (1964). “Selected essays of Montaigne: in the translation of John Florio”

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• A gentleman is one who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share othe world and lets other people have theirs.

  Paul G. Hoffman

  Lying, Men, People

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• Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which their occupation can be expressed. We borrow a foreign word [Savant] from another country whose high ambition it is to advance science, and whose deeper policy, in accord with more generous feelings, gives to the intellectual labourer reward and honour, in return for services which crown the nation with imperishable renown, and ultimately enrich the human race.

  Charles Babbage

  Country, Ambition, Science

  Charles Babbage (1851). “The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government of England”, p.189

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• Everyone who's ever met Guillermo Del Toro knows that he's the most generous, creative, mind-bogglingly wonderful man. And I was so lucky that he had seen Storytelling and he asked me to do Hellboy. And then I watched Devil's Backbone and I was blown away.

  Selma Blair

  Men, Creative, Lucky

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• Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

  Franz Bardon

  Be Kind, Relentless, Fellows

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• Whoever is willing to enter the magic path should regard it as his sacred duty to practice regular exercises. He ought to be kind, generous and tolerant with his fellow men, but relentless and hard with himself. Only such behavior will be followed by success in magic.

  Franz Bardon

  Exercise, Men, Practice

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• If I had to go into a battle and I needed someone loyal and courageous to cover my blindside, I know damn well Woody would be my man. I know, too, that God hasn't created a more generous, compassionate, or more understanding man than Woody Hayes.

  Jack Tatum

  Men, Understanding, Battle

  Jack Tatum, Bill Kushner (1980). “They Call Me Assassin”, Avon Books

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• It appears that the ground of being which underlies
  and sustains us despite our various inadequate and
  conflicting stories must be extremely tolerant, generous,
  and forgiving. All things considered, it wouldn't hurt
  if we were, too.

  Alexei Panshin

  Hurt, Forgiving, Stories

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• Socrates claimed famously that one never loses by doing the right thing. Stephen Post and his contributors claim, a little less boldly, that at least the generous will, probably, stay healthy—and, improving on Socrates, they support this claim with careful empirical science, impressive for its comprehensive detail. Here ethics and religion join science and enjoin us to be more caring and healthy. A seminal work, with an urgent message.

  Holmes Rolston III

  Caring, Support, Healthy

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• In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

  Jill Abramson

  Dog, Encouragement, Criticism

  "Changing Times" By Ken Auletta, www.newyorker.com. October 24, 2011.

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• Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

  Bruce Lee

  Giving, Effort, Desire

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.295, Tuttle Publishing

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• It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

  Andy Stanley

  Heart, Acting, Praying

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• But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.

  Beatrice Wood

  Mother, Unhappy, Charming

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• At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous

  Paula Danziger

  Should Have, Supportive, Age

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• Striding tall through Lauren St John's gorgeously written memoir is her father, and chapter after chapter their relationship is untangled and celebrated. Joy and a hunger for life infuse this book -- whether St John is writing about the harrowing years of Rhodesia's civil war, her childhood adventures in the bush, or the breaking apart of her family. Rainbow's End is a most generous and wise book.

  Lisa Fugard

  Wise, Father, War

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• Never forget that the most essential fashion accessories, the ones no woman can afford to do without, come from within. A generous heart, a spontaneous smile, and eyes that sparkle with delight can be part of any woman's signature look once she awakens to her authentic beauty.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Fashion, Heart, Eye

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.

  Diane Frolov

  Thinking, Everyday, Important

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