#generosity

I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#contentment #diligence #generosity #service #usefulness

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#charity #dogs #generosity #hypocrisy #pets

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#generosity #giving #good-deeds #helping #kindness

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

#argue #bush #defeated #determination #either

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#detroit #generosity #goes #had #here

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#am #american #born #comprehensive #continue

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#courage #generosity #i #thank #want

I come in a world of iron...to make a world of gold ↗

— Dale Wasserman

#generosity #giving #goals #goals-in-life #heroism

With gentleness, Overcome anger. With generosity, Overcome meanness. With truth, Overcome delusion. ↗

— The Dhammapada

#delusion #generosity #truth #anger

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#casting #certain #certain feeling #feeling #generosity