Quotes by Generosity Refraining from stealing: care with material goods. Undertake for one week to act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart. Jack Kornfield generositycareheart Good leaders have a generosity gene. Jack Welch good-leadergenerosityleader For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine. Jack Kornfield generosityqualityspiritual As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give? Jack Kornfield generositydesiregiving The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be, to have the patience to start and let the work teach you, to be willing to lead when you need to lead, and to listen. To have a sense of generosity and empathy, but not over-empathy, because accountability is so critical to building solutions that work. Jacqueline Novogratz generosityhumilitydream Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre heroismgenerositybeauty The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity. Jacques Chirac generositydeterminationambition Every great leader has a generosity gene. Jack Welch great-leadergenerosityleader 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-concertsgenerosityroles With wisdom we shall learn liberality. Henry David Thoreau liberalitygenerositywisdom If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous. James Boswell prodigalsgenerositymen Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined. James Cook generositydonegiving I cannot think of a better definition of Christianity than that: give, give, give. James I. McCord generositygivingthinking The only investment I ever made which has paid consistently increasing dividends is the money I have given to the Lord. James L. Kraft generositymoneygod Every fiction since Homer has taught friendship, patriotism, generosity, contempt of death. These are the highest virtues; and the fictions which taught them were therefore of the highest, though not of unmixed, utility. James Mackintosh generositytaughtfiction The gift without the giver is rare. James Russell Lowell generositythank-yougiving Generosity is never out of season. Janet Morris seasonsgenerositycommitment I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation. Jane Smiley generosityhorseexample Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! – and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late. Jane Austen generosityrealthinking 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 generositylove-yousong«910111213141516171819»
