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To generous souls every task is noble.
To generous souls every task is noble.
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality read more
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.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . read more
I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.
The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.