How generous was it to offer gifts to people one knew would never accept them?
I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
The gentleman is generous and treats all men as his equals, especially those whom he feels to be inferior in rank and wealth.
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
Instead I ought to be grateful to Him who never owed me anything for having been so generous to me, rather than think that He deprived me of those things or has taken away from me whatever He did not give me.
Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
One of the myths about Dad was that he was mean. That simply wasn't true. I always found him generous to a fault but he wasn't reckless with his money, which was rather rare in Hollywood. He'd grown up with nothing and he wasn't about to fritter it all away.
Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.
Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful.
It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded in kindness and love; it is easy to recollect the fineness of life-how noble one was, how generous one felt, what courage one showed in the face of adversity.
The fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be.
To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom.
It's strange the times people choose to be generous.
The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.
I dont see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we cant be amongst the most generous, from the grassroots up, nations in the world.
Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.
We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet.