#generous

* The revolution of consciousness is connected to the food revolution ↗

— Bryant McGill

#generous #perception #food

Be fair before being generous, be human before being fair. ↗

— Fernán Caballero

#generousity #human #inspirational #inspirational

They are prepared for a God who strikes hard bargains but not for a God who gives as much for an hour's work as for a day's. They are prepared for a mustard-seed kingdom of God no bigger than the eye of a newt but not for the great banyan it becomes with birds in its branches singing Mozart. They are prepared for the potluck supper at First Presbyterian but not for the marriage supper of the lamb... ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#god #kingdom #marriage-supper #mozart #mustard-seed

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. ↗

— Xun Zi

#generous #gentleman #instruct #magnanimous #opens

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#around #been #borrow #come #family

I'm very generous. ↗

— Elton John

#i #very

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#daddy #damned #dear #following #generous

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way. ↗

— George Aiken

#bad #generous #good #greedy #like

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world. ↗

— Thomas Guthrie

#feeling #generous #influences #leave #now

I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long. ↗

— Scott Rigell

#congressional #could #decline #declined #every