The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.
Dutch Proverb
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Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.
Margaret Cho
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Alexander Pope
We believe we've made a generous offer .
Tom Morrissey
Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
Maria Edgeworth
They process the generous donations for the community.
John Grady
He had hundreds of friends. He was the most generous person you knew.
Brian Penn
All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.
Thomas Hobbes
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.
Bill Bradley
When they told me Saturday morning, I wasn't this generous, believe me.
Donald Sparrow
[In addition,] onstage, he's so clearly a generous musician, ... He is so clearly working for you, the audience. The people really appreciate his efforts.
Jim O'connell
But pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
George Eliot
I asked her to join us and she jumped at it immediately. She is so generous.
Linda Decramer
He's a very generous person. He puts his money where his emotions are.
Steve Henry
This will not be as generous as people think, ... Face the Nation.
Donna Shalala
Some of the businesses are very generous in their giving, too.
Dalene Brock
My feeling is we have been generous in the past, and I don't know if we can continue to do it in the near future. If things come around, we can do it again.
Curt Gantz
There's not a more generous guy on the planet.
Roger Craig
The community is generous, but with all the bills going up, it?s getting expensive to run.
Carol Lewis
It was built through a very generous gift from her son Dr. James Monroe. It will have church offices, classrooms and a fellowship area.
David Hulme
Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
Letitia Landon
People have been pretty generous.
Maran Hilgendorf
We really believe that folks in a time of need will be really generous.
Mandy Hotchkiss
The traffic is very light. And people are feeling generous with tips.
Dana Harville
It's a big, nice, generous apartment.
John Lithgow
The townspeople have been very generous in supporting our fund-raising effort.
Scott Andrews
The community foundation has been very generous over the years. They helped build this place.
Jack Ribas
Her generous gift and enduring spirit allows us to further our commitment to our students, faculty and community.
Richard Rogers
Fairness is so important because some sponsors are very generous.
Dennis Mcmillen
These are a couple of generous avenues that people can take.
Jeff Trewhitt
He's very demanding, but in a positive and generous way. And if you're up to it, it's very exciting. If you're not, you fall by the wayside.
Jonathan Pryce
He would do anything for you. He was a generous and good person.
Steve Woodburn
Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
Henry James
I think to them, they won the election ... so it is an opportunity to them to get whatever they want. If I was in their camp, I would have been more generous.
Hajim Al hassani
She's generous to a fault - if it's her own.
Arthur 'bugs' Baer
It definitely gave them a warm heart to see there are generous people in Westland.
Deanne Richter
That and a generous [share] buyback program should sustain earnings-per-share growth of 15% to 20%.
David Strasser
The actual shelters are being run very well, with thousands of very big-hearted, generous volunteers.
Bill Allen
Chirac has been excessively generous towards the British. There has been a very constructive mood.
Goran Persson
Chavez has been generous. And in certain respects, he'll expect dividends.
Larry Birns
I found him to be a dear, sweet generous, loving man, ... Gilligan's Island.
Russell Johnson
It's just a very generous area.
Mary Kuehn
There were soft greens and fairways, ... They moved the tee markers down. It was very generous.
Jim Thorpe
Made generous campaign contributions to Pataki.
Thomas Doherty
To know when to be generous and when to be firm - this is wisdom.
Elbert Hubbard
Very, very generous and good people.
Charles Draper
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
George Gissing
It's not my song any more. It's very much the audience's song, so if I'm feeling generous I'll wheel it out one night.
David Gray
Before I was chairman they were generous donors, and they were while I was chairman.
Haley Barbour
Golf courses don't really want us very much. But some of them are so generous for letting us play there.
Hank Bontrager
Generous people are rarely mentally ill.
Dr. Karl Menninger
This community is very generous. It's incredible, the amount of support we've seen.
Jaclyn Fradette
They have a fairly low point from which to start. It's not all that difficult to be more generous than they were up to now.
Pierre Martin
She was very generous, also. She had a very generous soul.
Mark Hammond
They came up and cleaned up the entire area around the Uncle Sam grave site. The community really was amazingly generous. We were overwhelmed with their generosity.
Terry Page
I think this assistance is too generous, it gives too much money.
Peter Fitzgerald
They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you wouldn't be offering the opt-out.
Allan Adler
That's generous, but that would be wonderful if we do. If 20,000 people attend the festival, my estimate would be closer to 2,000 to 3,000 signatures.
Terry Phillips
People will respond. They're very generous.
Cheryl Mclarney
It's a very generous award by New Hampshire standards.
Bill Chapman
When you're being generous to your fellow citizen, please don't leave behind your neighbors.
Jim Coleman
The community was very generous.
David Gates
Everyone was really generous and kept giving us money. It was unbelievable.
Devyn Parnes
It is amazing how generous people really are. This has really been a great thing.
Alan White
The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured.
Brent Neiser
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
Thomas Guthrie
It is a generous program. I am really looking forward to it.
John Velasco
The university is very grateful for this generous gift.
James Barnett
I think the price that Celtic got is extremely generous.
Rob Edwards
For the typical American, it's the best and most generous tax break in the entire tax code.
Douglas Duncan
Galesburg has always been very generous with donations to Goodwill and we know they will continue to donate at our new store location.
Patty Fuchs
He was incredibly generous to me even though I was only a high school senior and then in college.
Jade Dellinger
Generous, smart, funny thriller.
C. David Heymann
People have been so kind and generous. It has been amazing.
Dawn Rogers
Different zoning requirements aren't as generous. They are more demanding.
Susie Leonard
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
William E. Gladstone
I will tell you, it's extremely generous of the developer and it helps us out.
Jim Malcolm
This is a generous prize that benefits the creative culture of Australian architectural design.
John Wardle
A dear, sweet generous, loving man.
Russell Johnson
The bid is not generous and the battle between shareholders, management and the (venture capital firms) will continue.
Gert Potvlieghe
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.
Richard Savage
Everyone has been generous, and every little bit helps.
Dr. Doug Moore
It seems we might be a little more generous with the distribution of dollars when we're talking about $5.8 billion in new money this year.
Karen Woodall
We couldn't have done it without the generous support of many individuals and businesses here in the community.
Randy Thompson
They are very generous to help us in this.
Rita Forrester
If he is smart, he will do this quickly, be generous and move on.
Stacy Phillips
Mayfield would have that capacity to be able to relate to everyone on an individual basis. He was always very generous, very available.
Patrick Flood
Sir Edwin Manton was one of the most generous benefactors in Tate's history.
Sir Nicholas Serota
A lot of generous people donated services and goods for this.
Brandon Jones
It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
Hank Azaria
We think we can raise that from a community that's already been so generous -- we think we can raise that and more.
Karen Miller
Thanks for being so caring and generous. I am so blessed to be able to live a full life.
Peggy Chun
It's wonderful. I always knew how fundamentally generous and kind Americans are.
Zanna Mckay
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