Quotes by Generosity Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love. Henri Nouwen generositystepsmoving It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security. Harry S. Truman generositygivingmen No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it. Helen Keller philanthropygenerosityhappiness The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest! Henry Home, Lord Kames generositywiselove One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something. Henry David Thoreau generosityinspirationallife Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. Helen Keller generositywomenlife Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive. Henry Home, Lord Kames generosityrevengecourage So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. Helen Keller generositypainlong O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue. Henry Fielding vanitygenerositydifferent When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give. Henry Taylor generositygivingorder Where position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success. Henry A. Kissinger aristocracygenerositycommitment We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generosity. Henry James generositynovelpractice Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles. Henry Ward Beecher generosityeggsmen Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs. Hesiod generositydonehalf There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased; till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive. Herbert Spencer envygenerositymountain Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars Holless Wilbur Allen generositywinebook As a rule, only the poor are generous. Honore de Balzac generousgenerositypoor I should like to make myself free to all who care to attend my lectures. Howard Pyle who-caresgenerositylectures To dig a straight furrow, the plowman needs to keep his eyes on a fixed point ahead of him. That keeps him on a true course. If, however, he happens to look back to see where he has been, his chances of straying are increased. The results are crooked and irregular furrows...Fix your attention on your...goals and never look back on your earlier problems....If our energies are focused not behind us but ahead of us--on eternal life and the joy of salvation--we assuredly will obtain it. Howard W. Hunter generosityeyegoal The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us. Friedrich Nietzsche friendsgenerosityhonesty«7891011121314151617»
