Quotes by Generosity Generosity is self-existing openness, complete openness. You are no longer subject to cultivating your own scheme or project. And the best way to open yourself up is to make friends with yourself and with others. Chogyam Trungpa generosityselfway Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ; that you can deal with whatever is available around you and not feel poverty stricken. Chogyam Trungpa generosityessencejoy I think that deep inside, all of humanity knows there's truth here, whether they want to admit it or not. There's a joy that comes in Christmas. There's a season of giving, so people feel this generosity. Chris Tomlin generositypeoplethinking The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. Christopher Hitchens generosityunited-statespeople It was the seventh of November, 1918. The war was finally over. Maybe it would be declared a holiday and named War's End Day or something equally hopeful and wrong. Wars would break out again. Violence was part of human nature as much as love and generosity. Claire Holden Rothman generosityholidaywar Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach. Clarissa Pinkola Estes generosityselfideas True generosity means accepting ingratitude. Coco Chanel generosityacceptingmean Generosity, generosity, generosity, must be the beginning and ending of our life Cornelia Connelly beginnings-and-endingsour-livesgenerosity One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors. Cyril Cusack brilliancegenerosityactors Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular level of material wealth. Dalai Lama generosityofferingattitude We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment? Dalai Lama generosityhatredcompassion We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity. Dalai Lama beggarobstaclesgenerosity Make generosity part of your growth strategy. Danielle LaPorte strategygenerositygrowth If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity. Dante Alighieri thievesgenerositymen I want the strangeness and weirdness and incomprehensibility of life that art can reflect so well, but I want it to feel like a mystery that is inviting us in. Sagan's great art lesson for me was generosity of wonder and making curiosity contagious. Dario Robleto generositycuriosityart Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it engrosses all a man's expense, and leaves no ability for such acts of duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune. The same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas would give bread to a whole family during six months. David Hume luxurygenerositymen Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving. David Rakoff generosityforgiving And as we meet needs on earth, we are proclaiming a gospel that transforms lives for eternity. The point is not simply to meet a temporary need or change a startling statistic; the point is to exalt the glory of Christ as we express the gospel of Christ through the radical generosity of our lives. David Platt generosityearthneeds Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity. Debbie Macomber generositygratitudeattitude Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being. Debbie Macomber generosityemotionalkindness«1234567891011»
