#generous

I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location. ↗

— John Forbes Nash, Jr.

#became #been #choice #competition #either

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#decent #democracy #generous #healthy #honorable

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. ↗

— Robert Frost

#any #compassionate #generous #great #heart

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. ↗

— George Saunders

#did #generation #generous #genres #intelligence

Giving does not only preceed receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#free #freely-give #generous #generousity #gifts

He who is not generous(loving,benevolent),God is not generous(loving,benevolent) to him. ↗

— Anonymous

#beautiful #benevolent #culture #freedom #generous

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women. ↗

— Shirley Bassey

#enough #few #few men #generous #hard

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#completely #conflict #control #dwelling #enjoy

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#comes #except #freedom #generous #liberals

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#change #else #forever #generous #life