#nero

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

The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#detain #egoism #food-for-thought #generous #happiness

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward. ↗

— Carol Ryrie Brink

#giving #family

I got him a cool gift. I got him a pack of razors, and a really furry dead cat.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cats #dead #death #funny #generosity

That’s what I always wanted to know. Why would some fella be willing to do something generous for a kid he doesn’t even know?” Rodney asked. “Have to say I’m surprised, Mr. Burton. Of all the people on the face of the earth,” he said, his voice softening, “I figured if anyone knew the answer to that one, it’d be you. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#friendship #generosity #friendship

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. ↗

— John Masefield

#dies #generous #insufferable #made #man

The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#generosity #need #public #repeatedly #shown

I am often fond of saying the Trekkers are passionate about a hobby, their hobby is 'Star Trek.' They are by and large very imaginative, very intelligent people, and they certainly have been more than generous to me. ↗

— Kate Mulgrew

#am #been #certainly #fond #generous

After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there. ↗

— George Pataki

#after #around #assistance #friends #generous

The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#generous #life #together #beauty