George Gaynes Quotes

I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.

No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.

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.

We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to the extremes of war. Perhaps we can be kinder now, live with less now, reach out to others now - and build an inner reserve of a strong identity that will hold us up even when everything else falls away.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

I try to be a good person every day. If you didn't like me, there would be something wrong with you, because I really go out and work as hard as I can to help people. I put myself last - always. I'm a giver all the way.

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

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.

It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

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

There's no such thing as altruism.