A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
慷慨
Generosity
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
慷慨是给予多于你所能,骄傲是索取少于你所需要。
Rather ten thousand lanterns from a wealthy man than one lantern from a poor man.
宁可要富人送一万盏灯笼,也不要穷人送一盏灯笼。
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
对心脏来说,没有什么运动比俯身把人举起来更有益的了。
Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.
真正的爱是付出而不计较任何回报。
One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.
一个人的表演常因其他演员的才华和慷慨而提高。
When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.
一个人死后,他的手里只握着他生前所赠予的东西。
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing
许多人能做一件聪明的事,更能做一件狡猾的事,但很少有人能做一件慷慨大方的事
Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us.
瑜伽是关于对他人的同情和宽容。它意味着关注我们周围的世界。
The generous can forget that they have given, but the grateful can never forget that they have received.
慷慨的人可以忘记他们所给予的,而感恩的人永远不会忘记他们所得到的。
I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.
我认为我对自己的项目非常慷慨,但这就是我对工作的慷慨。
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
所谓慷慨,通常只是给予的虚荣;我们享受虚荣心甚于得到的东西。
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
幸福与其说是拥有不如说是分享。我们靠得到的东西生活,但我们靠给予的东西生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
一支蜡烛可以点燃成千上万支蜡烛,而且蜡烛的寿命不会缩短。幸福不会因为分享而减少。
To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.
向前看而不是回头, 往外看而不是往里看,还有 伸出援助之手。
Forbearance is a form of generosity.
忍耐是一种慷慨。
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
慷慨不是给我比你更需要的东西,而是给我你比我更需要的东西。
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
不要把给予看作是一种责任,而是一种特权。
I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.
我不想我的下半生(余生)都用来做演讲。