Quotes by Generosity If we keep a goal firmly in mind, we will know when we have reached it. This gives us a sense of accomplishment and the challenge of establishing fresh, new goals - always keeping the long-range objective in mind. If we can state our goals clearly, we will gain a purpose and meaning in all our actions. Ezra Taft Benson generositygivinglong When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination. Ezra Taft Benson generositygoaljudging It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such characterizations infer that man possesses great abilities and potentials. We are frequently admonished to develop our capabilities, reach out, and set high goals for ourselves. Ezra Taft Benson generosityreligiousmen The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. Francesco Guicciardini generosityhard-worklife The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation. Francine du Plessix Gray generosityeventsmeals Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. Francis Pharcellus Church virginiagenerositychristmas God doesn't want your careful virtue, He wants your reckless generosity. Francis Spufford generosityvirtuewant He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers. Francis Quarles generosityqualitygiving O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Francis of Assisi love-lifegenerositylove-you Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth. Francis Quarles generositygivinghands What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanitygenerosityexercise What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanitygenerositygiving What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Francois de La Rochefoucauld generosityambitionorder Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God Francis Bacon generositydogmen On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld generositypowerfulambition If I were God, I'd work on the reach of empathy. Frans de Waal generositycompassionlove Generosity is the vanity of giving. Francois de La Rochefoucauld vanitygenerositygiving The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self. Fred Rogers generosityselfgiving The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. Frederick Buechner generositygodlyhealing There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving. Freya Stark receivinggenerositygiving«4567891011121314»
