I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men’s sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all...

In a pocket of his knapsack he’d found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and then poured his own cup with hot water and sat blowing at the...

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

It is testament to the generosity of the American people – a lot of people wanted to contribute, … But there is not really any way of knowing at this time if or whether individual...

They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave way and I understood not only how entirely generous they were...

Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.

Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty.

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.

Bodily passion, which has been so unjustly decried, compels its victims to display every vestige that is in them of unselfishness and generosity, and so effectively that they shine resplendent in the eyes of all...

Oh! if the good hearts had the fat purses, how much better everything would go!

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

Life doesn’t offers charity, it offers chance.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don’t care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment...

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!

I gave you all my secrets, and you lost them all. You lost a lot of things.But the treasure of it was in the giving, not the keeping.

We’re pleased we can help facilitate the generosity of our customers.

It takes money to make money, even begging. Humans are herd animals. If a stranger’s bleeding to death beside the road, most people won’t stop to offer a Band-Aid. But get the ball rolling with...

You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them – and, that...

Leave the quarters of the close-fisted selfishness and live in the edifice of an open-handed generosity. God gives to you, so you can share when it’s required of you! Give out; conquer greed!

Our greatest dreams and desires abide in the mental and spiritual realm. In order to transfer them in the physical plane we need to invert subject and object. You will receive from the world what...

I will not hesitate.I will not hang back.I will go and offer my heart, for it is what I have to give…

It’s sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone’s day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of...

Lavishness is not generosity.

The three jewels of Tao: compassion, moderation, and humility. Balthasar said compassion leads to courage, moderation leads to generosity, and humility leads to leadership.

Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy.

I come in a world of iron…to make a world of gold

Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing message—fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden....

The whole concept of some stranger making his way down our chimney – not that we had one – suggested burglary more readily than generosity. Any Santa who tried it would have gotten a bullet...

Give today to get better tomorrow.

The generosity of these creative individuals to make this caliber of work available – work collected by or performed at some of the most important arts venues in the U.S. and abroad – is overwhelming.

Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one’s true interests.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?

If you wish to give chance on others’ abilities and capabilities then give them respected time to grow and express themselves.Share a path for everyone to grow and glow!

Show your compassion to people in their life time; no amount of your tears can serve as compensation when their coffins are lowered!

Asking for and receiving help is a way to prime the pump of generosity.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.

Doing good for others should not be a pre-calculated motive driven by an agenda for future gains; it should be a natural response out of the basic need at hand.

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones....

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Rest in the knowledge that God is both abundantly gracious and ridiculously generous.

To know when to be generous and when to be firm — this is wisdom.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy,...

We are treated with such generosity of spirit.