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  • I remember when being liberal meant being generous with your own money.

  • Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity. No resemblance --

    Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.330, Penguin
  • The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

    "Ashton Kutcher Channels Steve Jobs In The Best 'Teen Choice Awards' Acceptance Speech Ever". Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech for Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, www.businessinsider.com. August 11, 2013.
  • It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

    John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.287, Templeton Foundation Press
  • 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.

  • If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

  • There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

    Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.182
  • Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

  • Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

    Wise   Honesty   Women  
    Alexander Pope, Alexander Chalmers (1807). “A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published”, p.124
  • Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  • Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

  • Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.

    Source: bobmorris.biz
  • Extend some kind of unexpected generosity to someone, preferably a stranger, every single day for two weeks. The more you practice being generous, the more you'll impact others in an inspiring way.

    Impact   Practice   Two  
    FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jul 01, 2010
  • Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.

    Swami Satchidananda (1987). “The Golden Present: Daily Inspirational Readings”, Integral Yoga Dist
  • Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

    "Weekly Meditations for Healthy Sex (Jan. 25-31)" by Alexandra Katehakis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.
  • Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

    "The Candymakers (The Candymakers, Book 1)". Book by Wendy Mass, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.
  • Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.

    People   Spirit   Helping  
    FaceBook post by Brandon Steiner from Jun 20, 2016
  • Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

  • 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.

    Life   Money   Generosity  
    "Dr. Wayne Dyer Lives On" by Stephanie Seibel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2015.
  • When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.

    Winning   Joy   Faces  
    Swami Satchidananda (1987). “The Golden Present: Daily Inspirational Readings”, Integral Yoga Dist
  • Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

  • The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless? While we have the conditions for economic opportunity here--and that is a blessing--do we have the conditions to learn how to self-regulate our own passions for the good of the whole?

    Warren St. John (2009). “Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference”, p.223, Spiegel & Grau
  • The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.

  • Compassion has nothing to do with achievement at all. It is spacious and very generous. When a person develops real compassion, he is uncertain whether he is being generous to others or to himself because compassion is enviromental generosity, without direction, without " for me" and without " for them". It is filled with joy, spontaneously existing joy, constant joy in the sense of trust, in the sense that joy contains tremendous wealth, richness.

  • If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

    Mark Twain (2010). “Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition”, p.180, Univ of California Press
  • I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.

    Wall   Writing   Mean  
  • Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

  • Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.

    Way   Facts   Financial  
  • I've always had a knowing that being kind is a lot more effective than being angry. And being generous has always been a characteristic I've had; whatever I've had, I've always been willing to give away. Those are best spiritual qualities.

    "Spiritual Solutions to Every Problem: An interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer". Interview with Phil Bolsta, www.edgemagazine.net. March 1, 2002.
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