Generosity of Spirit Quotes

The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

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

It has always seemed strange to me. The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success.

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder, writing short stories, novels, memoir, travelogue, critical biography. He lived to be almost 100, and he never stopped, and his work is unified by a great generosity of spirit.

I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

I feel more and more, every day of my life, how much my dear mamma has done for my establishment. I was the youngest of all her daughters, and she has treated me as if I were the eldest, so that my whole soul is filled with the most tender gratitude.

For every effort we make to assist someone beyond our own borders, we take something away from our own

My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.

The most frequent thing people said to me about Princess Diana when I was conducting interviews for my biography was that she could create a circle of intimacy in the middle of a crowd.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Beyond remembering me as a good goalkeeper or a bad goalkeeper, I just hope that people remember me for being a good person.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

I try to be as humble as possible and try to project that to the world. But some people don't see that. They think I'm just in Atlanta spending money. But I try to be humble. I try to let the world know that I am still humble.

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

A voluntary deed is infinitely more precious to our national ideas and spirit than a thousandfold poured from the treasury.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

We never got much in the way of material things, but if you can be spoiled by good cooking, my mom spoiled me three times a day all my life.

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.

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.

Mark Ruffalo is Mark Ruffalo - no explanation needed. He has the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met, and he's sort of the Dave Schultz of the entertainment industry.