A Quote by Henry Taylor

He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.

Henry Taylor

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Henry Taylor
English - Dramatist
October 18, 1800 - March 27, 1886

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

Henry Taylor

An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.

Veronica Roth

Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way.

Rumi

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Fanny Burney

Real love doesn't seek to acquire. It gives itself away. Its very nature is that of surrender, service, and generosity.

Catherine Ingram

Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity.

Gil Fronsdal

Generosity, generosity, generosity, must be the beginning and ending of our life

Cornelia Connelly

Love is found when you don't have to give it. It is the emotion of generosity and kindness that is compelled by no one. It is performed on the battlefield, in our daily tasks, in the marketplace, the factories, at school, in the offices, and in the halls and corridors of government.... But only when one truly gives of himself and without compulsion.

James Michael

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.

Timothy Keller

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Luc de Clapiers

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Mahatma Gandhi

I live to feel her fingers move inside of me like this. The bus makes another stop. A fat man climbs aboard, hauling himself up the stairs. I would kill him for one more moment with her fingers inside me. I don’t have to. She gives me my moment for free. He lives because of her generosity. We all live because of her generosity.

Joey Comeau

[T]he notion that a belief in self-reliance cannot coexist with a spirit of generosity is crap. In fact, one is far less likely to find a spirit of generosity among the advocates of governmentally-required "compassion".

Glenn Reynolds

Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

Pope John Paul II

Only by realizing what selfishness and lack of generosity really are can the delicious fragrance of true love and effective generosity, which is not of the mind, burst forth in our hearts.