"Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life."
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"I LOVE my job. Having a front row seat to watch lives change because of others generosity is amazing! So thankful."
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"Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms."
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"In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness."
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"To generous souls every task is noble."
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"The generosity of Montanans is inspiring."
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"A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others."
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"Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit."
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"Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends."
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"Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet."
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"If you are not generous when it's difficult, you will not be generous when it's easy. Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet."
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"Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality. Given the planet, it is still necessary to add the impulse; so, to every creature nature added a little violence of direction in its proper path, a shove to put it on its way; in every instance, a slight generosity, a drop too much."
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"It wasn't that he was specially ungenerous but that he put things off to give his generosity a longer and more significant route."
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"Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable."
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"With life as short as a half-taken breath, don't plant anything but love."
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"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth."
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"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."
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"All you can hold in your cold dead hand is what you have given away."
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"The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly."
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"I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them."
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