In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence. — Fatima bint Muhammad Copy Share Image
Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth. — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is… — Henry Mackenzie Copy Share Image
To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
'Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord' means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance… — Buddha Copy Share Image
If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing. Go… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
“Beggars, especially noble beggars, should never show themselves in the street; they should ask for alms through the newspapers. It's still possible… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but… — George Ade Copy Share Image
She who only finds her self-esteem In others' admiration, begs an alms; Depends on others for her daily food, And is the… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“[A man], who is in prosperity, while he sees that others have to contend with great wretchedness and that he could help… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“[Robert's eulogy at his brother, Ebon C. Ingersoll's grave. Even the great orator Robert Ingersoll was choked up with tears at the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
“Pesa itolewe kwa masharti au bila masharti chukua, kwani huyo aliyeitoa si yake. Benki, kwa mfano, ikitaka kukupa mkopo itakuwa na masharti… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A woman who loves her husband is merely paying her bills. A woman who loves her lover gives alms to the poor. — Paul-Jean Toulet Copy Share Image
The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If you don't open the door to him who begs your alms, one day you will have to open it to the… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
![“Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace” quote by Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57a/hermann-hesse-130_alms_thus-gotama-buddha-walked-toward-the-tow_1376963.jpg)
![“[A man], who is in prosperity, while he sees that others have to contend with great wretchedness and that he could help them, thinks: What concern is it of mine? Let everyone be as happy as Heaven pleases, or as he can make himself; I will take nothing from him nor even envy him, only I do not…” quote by Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b0/immanuel-kant-532_alms_a-man-who-is-in-prosperity-while-he-sees_828841.jpg)
![“[Robert's eulogy at his brother, Ebon C. Ingersoll's grave. Even the great orator Robert Ingersoll was choked up with tears at the memory of his beloved brother] The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet, unselfish act is now a perfumed flower…” quote by Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eff/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_alms_robert-s-eulogy-at-his-brother-ebon-c-in_1639367.jpg)
