(162 quotes found)
“Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.”
Charlie Trotter
“For why be discouraged, one of thieves was saved, that is a generous percentage.”
Samuel Beckett
“As the sword of the best tempered metal is most flexible, so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferiors”
Thomas Fuller
“To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.”
Letitia Landon
“To generous souls every task is noble.”
Euripides
“It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.”
Charles Dudley Warner
“Be just before you are generous”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“Be generous! Give to those you love; give to those who love you; give to the fortunate; give to the unfortunate yes, give especially to those you don't want to give. You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!”
Contributed by: George Lewis
W. Clement Stone
