Top 1200 Generous Man Quotes & Sayings - Page 7

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.

Conrad Hilton was very generous in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5,000 Gideon Bibles.

Robin Williams was the kind of generous person who would do things but not want to receive public credit for it.

In life and in politics, it's helpful to try to perceive the other person through the most generous lens.

We've always been the most generous nation in the world when it comes to caring for those outside of our borders.

Sharing an idea you care about is a generous way to change your world for the better.

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.

A worker's capital is inexhaustible, incapable of being stolen, and bound to pay him a generous dividend all the time.

If an enthusiastic, ardent, and ambitious man marry a wife on whose name there is a stain, which, though it originate in no fault of hers, may be visited by cold and sordid people upon her, and upon his children also: and, in exact proportion to his success in the world, be cast in his teeth, and made the subject of sneers against him: he may, no matter how generous and good his nature, one day repent of the connection he formed in early life; and she may have the pain and torture of knowing that he does so.

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.

Feed your brothers and sisters simply, graciously, with generous care, and you will secure a place in their heart.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.

I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art.

A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to appreciate in everyone we meet. We can all be generous with appreciation.

There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most." Frowning, the man fumbled open his liturgy. "There's an established rite, Your Grace. Marriage must be entered into with solemnity and consideration. I don't know that I can rush--" "Ten minutes. One thousand guineas." The liturgy snapped closed. "Then again, what do a few extra minutes signify to an eternal God?" He beckoned Amelia with a fluttering, papery hand. "Make haste, child. You're about to be married.

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

I do not subscribe to the 'Trump is crazy like a fox' thing. I think that's being too generous.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.

While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...

We now have the sweetest, kindest and most generous fans from far away places - it’s a real privilege.

The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.

Christmas is about giving. Be outrageously generous. Have fun, enjoy the process....then keep it up all year.

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

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

Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the worlds pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispair. A good man will seek to take pain out of things. A foolish man will not even notice it, except in himself, and the poor unfortunate evil man will drive pain deeper into things and spread it about wherever he goes.

In addition to being an extraordinary actor, Bryan Cranston is a really generous guy and also very funny.

Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.

To be generous, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.

All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.

Biggest man law - be a man. Simple: be a man, definition of being a man is being a man. And don't let your woman turn you into a little boy.

The only way in which one can make endurable man's inhumanity to man, and man's destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man's humanity to man and man's reverence for the place in which he lives.

Poverty palls the most generous spirits; it cows industry, and casts resolution itself into despair.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split; it's shredded.

No matter what system you live under, there is no escaping the law that it's always the strongest, the cruellest, the least generous who win.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Your life is the one place you have to spend yourself fully - wild - generous, drastic in an unrationed profligacy of self.

I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.

I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I'm not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher.

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.