Steven Cojocaru Quotes

If I want to be a loving, generous, giving person, I'm not going to test the waters. I'm simply going to be a loving, generous, giving person.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

It's a very nice thing to be able to give joy to people.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

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

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.