Generosity Of Spirit Quotes

• Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

  Kim Campbell

  Country, Generosity, Would Be

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• You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, Men, Generous Man

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.148, Pan Macmillan

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• 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

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Heart, Generosity, Depth

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• That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Inspirational, Insperational, Generosity

  "All Men Are Mortal". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1946.

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• No one is self-sufficient.
  And it's not a one-way thing-
  -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind from the other side.

  Desmond Tutu

  Self, Generosity, Way

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• It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Live Concerts, Generosity, Roles

  Statement by the Minister for Agriculture, Sharon Dijksma, at the opening of the Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth, www.government.nl. April 22, 2014.

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• You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Funny, Women

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• If you believe in practising generosity of spirit, at heart you believe in the power of an individual to make a difference and at heart you treat individuals with deep respect and want to see others flourish.

  Gail Kelly

  Believe, Heart, Differences

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• Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Kindness

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

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• The more you love, the more loving you become. That's just the way it works. It is a generosity of spirit.

  Jean Houston

  Generosity, Loving You, Way

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

  Audrey Hepburn

  Generosity, Giving, Trying

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• Success with a small s is based on accumulation and materialism. Success with a large S is based on the unfoldment of our soul and the generosity of Spirit made manifest by the giving of our gifts.

  Michael Beckwith

  Generosity, Giving, Soul

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• (I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Simple, Generosity, Guilt

  "Disgrace". Book by J. M. Coetzee, 2000.

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• 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.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Merry Christmas, People, Generosity

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• 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.

  John Olsen

  Two, People, Generosity

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• I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

  Mark Leyner

  Generosity, Spirit, Animated

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• People I admire have two qualities: a kind of simplicity, and generosity of spirit. It seems to me that the more impressive people are in what they have done, the simpler they tend to be in how they talk to you, or in what they say or write.

  Mary Robinson

  Writing, Two, People

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perseverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important

  Rafe Esquith

  Perseverance, Teacher, Hard Work

  Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.156, Anchor

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• You cannot do a kindness too soon.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

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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, Generosity

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

  Kingman Brewster, Jr.

  Presumption Of Innocence, Generosity, Spirit

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• An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.

  Veronica Roth

  Artist, Generosity, Giving

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• Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Generosity, Messages

  "Vetting Obama's 'man'" by Christina Bellantoni, www.washingtontimes.com. August 3, 2008.

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