Paulo Coelho Quotes, Generosity Quotes, Giving Quotes

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

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O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!

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It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.

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We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others.

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It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

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Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.

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Bounty, being free itself, thinks all others so.

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

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Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

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You cannot give anything to a magnanimous person. After you have served him, he at once puts you in debt by his magnanimity.

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Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

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If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I have learned after a half century of working in the developing world is that the replacement of fear by hope is probably the single most powerful trampoline of progress.

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We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

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To be generous, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets.

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The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.

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You can't make a good deal with a bad person.

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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

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