"It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on generosity   

"Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them."

Duncan, Barry on generosity
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"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on crisis   

"When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."

Kennedy, John F. on crisis   

"Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are."

Chalmers, Allan K. on crisis   

"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life -- knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."

Aristotle on crisis
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"Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis."

Collier, Robert on crisis
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"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."

Mann, Horace on generosity
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"Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing."

Pope, Alexander on generosity
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"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."

Ford, Henry on giving
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"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life."

Ashe, Arthur on giving
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"A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable."

Unknown, Source on gentlemen
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"Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time."

Pirandello, Luigi on gentlemen
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"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

Phelps, William Lyon on gentlemen
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"The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better."

Dickens, Charles on gentlemen
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"While you have a thing it can be taken from you... but when you give it, you have given it. No robber can take it from you. It is yours then for ever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give."

Joyce, James on giving
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"He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice."

Taylor, Sir Henry on generosity
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"If you're a generous person you'll have no trouble admitting that somebody else is good. If you're a better person you'll find it's total impossibility."

Unknown, Source on generosity   

"A genius is one who can do anything except make a living."

Adams, Joey Lauren on genius
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"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on genius
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"Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want."

Abert, Geoffrey F. on appreciation
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"There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been."

Loos, Anita on appreciation
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"Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family."

Bush, Barbara on appreciation
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"A wounded deer leaps the highest."

Dickinson, Emily on adversity
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"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."

Epictetus on adversity
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"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter."

Fielding, Henry on adversity
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"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Addison, Joseph on appreciation
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"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Ford, Henry on adversity
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"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson on adversity
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"Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart."

Glasgow, Arnold H. on adversity
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"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it."

Hazlitt, William on adversity
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

Hill, Napoleon on adversity
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"As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it."

Horace on adversity
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"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."

Irving, Washington on adversity
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"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous'' on adversity
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"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."

Brown, Paul on defeat
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"I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it."

Holtz, Lou on defeat   

"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."

Landry, Tom on defeat   

"The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat."

Snead, Sam on defeat   

"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

Woodberry, George E. on defeat