Maria Montessori
Educator, Physician
"We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity."
Generosity quotes
Generosity
734 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
Pablo Neruda
Poet, Diplomat
"Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us"
Martin Luther
Theologian
"Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen"
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint, Bishop
"It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping."
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"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
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"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."
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"The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them."
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"You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar."
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"By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach."
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"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is."
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"The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground."
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"When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous."
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"Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing"
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"So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing."
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"Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty."
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"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."
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"Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity."
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"It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it."
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"Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have."
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"There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow."
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"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power."
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"That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing."
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"Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency."
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"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."
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