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Generosity Quotes

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

– Richard Dawkins

I think Liverpool generates generosity which rubs off – it’s a good place to work and to party.

– Rhys Ifans

I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a ‘national’ posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda.

– Richard V. Allen

Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of ‘everyday multiculturalism’, and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

– Randa Abdel-Fattah

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves.

– Ross MacDonald

The generosity of the super-rich is sometimes proffered as evidence they’re contributing as much to the nation’s well-being as they did decades ago when they paid a much larger share of their earnings in taxes.

– Robert Reich

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

– The Bible

Saint Paul, 2 Corinthians 9:6

When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.

– Randy Neugebauer

Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.

– Orison Swett Marden

I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves – I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.

– Yaya Toure

Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

– W. H. Davies

I don’t think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it’s like that.

– Sam Simon

A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

– Sylvester Stallone

I knew a homeless guy who’d give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there’s something that makes us want to give. For me, it’s quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.

– Tamsin Greig

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