Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Topics:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the topics)
(Click a letter to view the topics)
Letter "G" » Generosity
«Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
| About:
Action,
Behavior,
Generosity
| Keywords:
cunning, cunning man, generous
«Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.»
Author: H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
| About:
Generosity,
Happiness,
Love
| Keywords:
all important, for each person, happiness, important, important person, in person, love, More, of each person, of her own, on her own, other, own, person, Person to person, Than, the Other, when
«Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.»
«Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing,»
Author: Abraham Maslow
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Generosity,
Honesty,
Innocence,
Work
| Keywords:
candor, common interest, cowardice, disturbing, generosity, gullibility, redefine, redefined, Redefining
«I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.»
«Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Generosity,
Happiness,
Joy,
Life,
Social service
| Keywords:
definite, look upon, only if
«I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.»
«I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity.»
Author: George Bush
(President)
| About:
Diversity,
Generosity,
Hope,
Unity
| Keywords:
crucial, diversity, saint
«I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money»
«It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Generosity
| Keywords:
frank, franker, frankest, Franks, Frank and, generous, independent, unhampered
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
