Quotes by Generosity 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 generositycreativityexpression Your generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If I give a lot of money to charity, then I am generous. If you give a smaller fraction of your money to charity, then you are less generous. But if you want to tax me in order to give my money to charity, that does not make you generous. Arnold Kling generositygivingorder Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit. Audrey Hepburn generositytryinggiving Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others. B. C. Forbes selfishnessgenerosityjoy When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him. Baltasar Gracian generosityrevengemen Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere. Barack Obama generosityresponsibilitymessages Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. Barbara Bush generositymemorablegiving At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame. Barbara Ehrenreich generosityhatelove He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself with love or generosity. ...hatred is increased by reciprocal hatred, and, on the other hand, can be extinguished by love, so that hatred passes into love. Baruch Spinoza generositylifehands From the fear and constriction that's sort of always pulling us back and keeping us in old modalities, I feel like any expansive act of kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity, helps tip the scale toward a more conscious, liberated existence for everyone. Bellamy Young generositykindnesshelping A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little. Benjamin Franklin generositylittlesmen The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it. Benjamin Franklin generositymindwant Great spenders are bad lenders. Benjamin Franklin lendersgenerositymoney To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it. Benjamin Franklin generositygratitudegiving The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger than without its vision there is any evidence we are. Bernard DeVoto generositymenlife When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise. Bernie Glassman generosityrejectiongiving It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it thrived only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness. Bessie Head generosityfeelingslaughing The phenomenal generosity of the United States in its aid budget towards health issues is the best in the world. You can look at that broadly, you can look at it in terms of HIV, the PEPFAR money which came together in a Republican administration with bipartisan support. Bill Gates generositysupporttogether I have not met [Donald] Trump and discussed any issues with him. There have been Republican administrations like the [George] Bush administration who initiated this AIDS generosity. So it's not purely a right-left thing. Bill Gates generosityissuesadministration When AIDS emergency broke out and was killing millions in Africa, the Global Fund was created so that a level of generosity would show up and buy the medicines to save those lives. Bill Gates generositymedicinelevels«1234567891011»
