generosity Quotes

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.