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“Generosity is the rarest of qualities in American writers.”
“Giving when you can is generosity. Giving when you can't is sacrifice.”
“Our gifts are very pleasant to Him. He loves to see us lay our time, our talents, our substance on the altar not for the value of what we give, but for the sake of the motive from which the gift sp...”
“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.”
“Whenever you feel short or need of something, give what you want first, and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love or friendship. I know it is often the last thing a pe...”
“On his way offstage, the president shook hands with Lin and said, "I'm proud of you, man." (In a gesture of self-restraint, Lin had stuck to the performance calendar they had announced before learn...”
“Humility, gratitude, and generosity three things you can never go wrong with.”
“Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from Gods grace and Gods love for us Certainly it is from experiencing this generosity of God ...”
“If you will only consider, you will remember many a person of whom the world never heard and will never hear, whose years have been as full of generosity, loyalty to duty, faith in God, fidelity to...”
“[I]t's not enough to be right. I think you have to be generous. It's not enough to be logical. You have to be virtuous...[Y]our demeanor will carry your message, perhaps, even further than your wor...”
“What has defined our faith since the beginning is open-ended gladness.”
“Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.”
“Generous people are likely to receive more respect from their peers.”
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
“Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.”
“If somebody accepts you as you are, it doesn't mean that you're talented, it means they are generous enough to give you a chance to prove your worth. Stay humble!”
“So often when people hear about the suffering in our world, they feel guilty, but rarely does guilt actually motivate action like empathy or compassion. Guilt paralyzes and causes us to deny and av...”
“God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutio...”
“When you realized that you would have to ask for help, you did not feel humiliated. And when you learned that someone needed help, you showed them all that you had learned without fearing that you ...”
“Do we run from money in fear of being a slave to it? I know I did that for a while. I dont think thats the answer, though.I think the answer is our mission. Are you on a mission? Not only with your...”
