Generous Act Quotes

...writing is not a performance but a generosity.

I wonder why anyone would hesitate to be generous with their writing. I mean, if you really want to make a living, go to Wall Street and trade oil futures ... We're writers. We're doing something that is inherently a generous act. We're exposing ourselves to the muse and to the things that frighten us. Why do that if you're not willing to be generous? And paradoxically, almost ironically, it turns out that the more generous you are, the more money you make. But that's secondary. For me, the privilege of being generous is why I get to do this.

I bought my wife Leighanne a silver BMW Z8 sports car one Christmas and tied it up with a big red bow in the driveway of our house.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.

A party like this isn't about the surprise factor. It's about someone going to so much trouble that it just... overwhelms you.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

He that gives quickly gives twice.

Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.

Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.

Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.

God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.

I admit I'm a miser! The most generous thing I've done is get married!

I'm glad if I can help anybody.

I want to buy my mother a huge house in New Orleans so she can open up a bed and breakfast.

I'm basically a gift-giver.