Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.

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

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.

— Henry Ward Beecher

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.

— Carlos Castaneda

It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth…

— Thomas Traherne

Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

— George Orwell

Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but…

— Hugo Chavez

Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the…

— Twyla Tharp

Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin…

— Jack Kornfield

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.

— John Donne

A benefactor is a representative of God.

— Benjamin Whichcote

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

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

The sweetest path of life leads through the avenues of learning, and whoever can open up the way for another, ought, so far, to…

— David Hume