Generosity Of Spirit Quotes:

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

- Kim Campbell

topic: Country, Generosity, Would Be, Generosity Of Spirit

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

- John Bunyan

topic: Motivational, Success, Perseverance, Inspirational Charity, Kindness Generosity

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

- Hunter S. Thompson

source: Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.148, Pan Macmillan

topic: Real, Men, Generous Man, Generosity Of Spirit

It's not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that

- Rasheed Ogunlaru

topic: Heart, Generosity, Depth, Generosity Of Spirit, Your Generosity

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

- Simone de Beauvoir

topic: Inspirational, Insperational, Giving, Kindness Generosity, Give It Your All

No one is self-sufficient. And it's not a one-way thing- -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind from the other side.

- Desmond Tutu

topic: Self, Generosity, Way, Generosity Of Spirit, Self Sufficient

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

- Jacques Yves Cousteau

topic: Generosity, Roles, World, Generosity And Giving, Generosity And Kindness

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

- Khalil Gibran

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness, Give It All You Got, Giving Love

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

topic: Love, Funny, Women, Jesus Inspirational, Stewards

If you believe in practising generosity of spirit, at heart you believe in the power of an individual to make a difference and at heart you treat individuals with deep respect and want to see others flourish.

- Gail Kelly

topic: Believe, Heart, Differences, Generosity Of Spirit

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

source: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

topic: Inspirational, Life, Kindness, Charity And Generosity, Giving In

The more you love, the more loving you become. That's just the way it works. It is a generosity of spirit.

- Jean Houston

topic: Generosity, Loving You, Way, Generosity Of Spirit

Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit.

- Audrey Hepburn

topic: Generosity, Trying, Spirit, Generosity Of Spirit

Success with a small s is based on accumulation and materialism. Success with a large S is based on the unfoldment of our soul and the generosity of Spirit made manifest by the giving of our gifts.

- Michael Beckwith

topic: Generosity, Giving, Soul, Generosity Of Spirit

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

- J. M. Coetzee

source: "Disgrace". Book by J. M. Coetzee, 2000.

topic: Simple, Generosity, Guilt, Generosity Of Spirit

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: People, Generosity, Soul, Christmas Spirit, Generosity Of Spirit

The most important thing that everyone should bring to the dining experience is a certain generosity of spirit. Just remember that there are two kinds of people: lovers and others. And you know what you can do with the others.

- John Olsen

topic: Two, People, Generosity, Generosity Of Spirit

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

- Mark Leyner

topic: Generosity, Spirit, Animated, Generosity Of Spirit

People I admire have two qualities: a kind of simplicity, and generosity of spirit. It seems to me that the more impressive people are in what they have done, the simpler they tend to be in how they talk to you, or in what they say or write.

- Mary Robinson

source: Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

topic: Writing, Two, People, Generosity Of Spirit

To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perseverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important

- Rafe Esquith

source: Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.156, Anchor

topic: Perseverance, Teacher, Hard Work, Generosity Of Spirit

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Importunate, Had A Great Time

However much your life may have become an expression of creativity, of generosity of spirit, there's always the further possibility of more or just expressing it in different ways.

- Arjuna Ardagh

source: Source: www.edgemagazine.net

topic: Creativity, Expression, Generosity, Generosity Of Spirit

The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.

- Kingman Brewster, Jr.

topic: Presumption Of Innocence, Generosity, Spirit, Generosity Of Spirit

An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.

- Veronica Roth

topic: Artist, Generosity, Giving, Free Advice, Generosity Of Spirit

Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.

- Barack Obama

source: "Vetting Obama's 'man'" by Christina Bellantoni, www.washingtontimes.com. August 3, 2008.

topic: Responsibility, Generosity, Messages, Fiscal Responsibility, Generosity Of Spirit

Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

- Robert Mondavi

source: Robert Mondavi (1999). “Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Passion, Heart, Wine, Warmth Of Heart, Wine And Friends

The upper echelon of the movie industry is easier to deal with and the work is much easier to accomplish because of this generosity of spirit and confidence that they instill in the group around them.

- John Travolta

source: Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

topic: Generosity, Groups, Spirit, Movie Industry, Generosity Of Spirit

[There was] an openness not found on the East Coast and a generosity of spirit. New York was always formulating the correct ways to work and think while back here [in California] we were always eager to be surprised and engaged in new ways.

- Eleanor Antin

topic: New York, Thinking, California, Generosity Of Spirit

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

- Harry Belafonte

topic: Usa, Generosity, United States, Generosity Of Spirit, Venezuelans

The energy and generosity of spirit of the people I meet everywhere I perform is what inspires me to make music and through the music, we share a bond even if we may never have met. As long as there is a single person who may find something they are looking for or a feeling they need in my music, I will continue to write for that person

- Emma Hewitt

topic: Writing, Long, People, Generosity Of Spirit