Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat…

Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

A benefactor is a representative of God.

— Benjamin Whichcote

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

— Francis of Assisi

Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question.…

— Jack Kornfield

Throughout my life my greatest benefactors have been my travels and my dreams. Very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most…

— J. G. Holland

People hired by government know who is their benefactor. People who lose their jobs or fail to get them because of the government program…

— Milton Friedman

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into the short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the…

— Samuel Johnson

Throughout my life, my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor...

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Brothers, the white people are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble and harmless, but invigorate them with warmth and they sting their…

— Tecumseh

Would movie moguls release a film portraying Adolph Hitler as a great benefactor of the Jews? Hardly. Would they release a movie if the…

— Donald Wildmon

Nordenson describes wrestling with work as with a large force that wants to have its way with you, even as you want to have…

— Luci Shaw

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we…

— Spencer W. Kimball

I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor…

— Suzanne Somers