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  • Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.

    Love   Mean   Best Effort  
    Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.98, Dell
  • I remember when being liberal meant being generous with your own money.

  • I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

    Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • I have to give people time to take a picture, and sign autographs. I have to be generous to people. It is in my heart. Without that, I would not be Manny Pacquiao.

    Heart   People   Giving  
  • The Cuban Revolutionary Government has been generous and very considerate to me and my family. I lived in Santa Clara for a few months because I wanted to work in the countryside and get to know the country better.

    Source: www.afro.com
  • For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to reemphasize this counsel.

  • I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This is not just sentiment, though I always feel ten years younger – despite the jet-lag – when I set foot on American soil: there is something so positive, generous, and open about the people – and everything actually works. I also feel, though, that I have in a sense a share of America.

    Country   Feet   America  
  • It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.

  • It appears that the ground of being which underlies and sustains us despite our various inadequate and conflicting stories must be extremely tolerant, generous, and forgiving. All things considered, it wouldn't hurt if we were, too.

  • A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

    "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.
  • If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

  • Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

    Winning   Power   Giving  
  • Approach life knowing there will be plenty to go around. Be generous.

  • I don't believe that God is a fussy faultfinder in dealing with theological ideas. He who provides forgiveness for a sinful life will also surely be a generous judge of theological reflection. Even an orthodox theologian can be spiritually dead, while perhaps a heretic crawls on forbidden bypaths to the sources of life.

    Helmut Thielicke (1962). “A Little Exercise for Young Theologians”, p.37, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • Because of my pride in my Scottish heritage, I used to say things like 'I don't mind buying a round of drinks but I don't buy two'. It was something I joked about which has come back to bite me on the ----. I'm shrewd about money, I invest well, and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people.

    Pride   Two   People  
  • Get a millionaire mentor. Most of us were brought up middle class or poor and then hold ourselves to the limits and ideas of that group. I have been studying millionaires to duplicate what they did. Get your own personal millionaire mentor and study them. Most rich people are extremely generous with their knowledge and their resources.

    Class   Ideas   People  
  • O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.

    Love   Pain   Generosity  
  • I have never seen a generous man go bankrupt.

    Source: irusa.org
  • The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say the answer is violence. That's what the schools should be doing.

    "Former reporter pushes peace studies". www.cnn.com. December 19, 2002.
  • The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.

    Mother   Wine   Roots  
  • To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.

  • The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace, and most important of all, complete absence of grasping. The diminishing of grasping in yourself is a sign that you are becoming freer of yourself. And the more you experience this freedom, the clearer the sign that the ego and the hopes and fears that keep it alive are dissolving, and the closer you will come to the infinitely generous "wisdom of egolessness."

    Peace   Real   Lying  
  • Generous in spirit, richly poetic, and packed with memorable characters.

  • Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

    Safety   Feelings   World  
  • He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.

  • A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

  • Jesus calls us to a holiness that is positive, generous and openhearted. It's a difficult, daring challenge - do we accept it?

  • The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

  • If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.

    Dry   Youth   Habit  
  • We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.

    Tim Minchin's Commencement Address at The University of Western in Perth, Western Australia, www.timminchin.com. September 25, 2013.
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