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
Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at… — Saint Francis de Sales 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
I have pleaded (labor's) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
I pray like a robber asking alms at the door of a farmhouse to which he is ready to set fire. — Leon Bloy 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
'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
there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
Were the superfluities of a nation valued, and made a perpetual tax or benevolence, there would be more alms-houses than poor, schools… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms,… — William Law Copy Share Image
What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and… — Anonymous 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
“[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
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
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
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
Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. — Bono Copy Share Image
If you disclose your alms, even then it is well done, but if you keep them secret, and give them to the… — Muhammad Copy Share Image
For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
