“Through the years I have found it wonderful to acquire, but it is also wonderful to divest. It's rather like exhaling.”
Generosity quotes
58 generosity quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“Everything you see - exists together in a delicate balance. While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give.”
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“There are limits to what one can give.”
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“When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.”
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“Hell is paved with good samaritans.”
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“Helping each other brings to life the magic in all of us.”
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“- Lenny Nero: Are we still friends?
- Mace: I don't know Lenny. You see, friendship is more than one person constantly doing favors for another.”
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Tonight, I had the opportunity to study grace and generosity under the direst of circumstances. Even in "their darkest hour", Officer Charlie Lang and the good-hearted Ms. Yvonne Biasi shared a bowl of soup with me. When I left, this good Samaritan gave me money from his own pocket, wishing it could be more.
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“It's better to help people than garden gnomes.”
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“There is a correlation between generosity and guilt.”
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“I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.”
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“I'm truly disappointed. Nobody does anything these days 'cause it's right, they only do it if you make them.”
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“- Ari: Maybe we're not so different.
- Captain Leo Davidson: No, we're very different. You care about everybody, but yourself.”
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“- Trenholm: There isn't anything in the world I wouldn't give you.
- Lily: That isn't love.”
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“- Russell: I could help you cross the street.
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: I could help you cross your yard.
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: I could help you cross your... porch?
- Carl Fredricksen: No.
- Russell: Well, I gotta help you cross something!” -
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
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“- Rub Squeers: Can I borrow a dollar?
- Sully: Nope. You can borrow a jelly doughnut, though.
- Rub Squeers: You can't borrow a jelly doughnut. Once you eat it, it's gone.
- Sully: Once you borrow a dollar, it's gone. I'd rather buy you a jelly doughnut.”
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“I do this! Time after time after time! I do all this shit for other people! And then I wake up and I'm empty! I have nothing!”
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