They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Don't change the beggar into a conqueror, because it was the beggar who led you to conquest.” — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“Then, after picking up his papers, Pierre began: “A beautiful woman can be the downfall of a gentleman . . . but… — Ted Anthony Roberts Copy Share Image
“Modern society calls the beggar bum and panhandler and gives him the bum's rush. But the Greeks used to say that people… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
Photography is without mercy--though it's nonsense to say it does not lie. Rather, it lies in a particular, capricious way which makes… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“A brigand, a barber, a beggar, two orphans, and a boy whore. With such do we defend the realms of men.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he… — W. H. Davies Copy Share Image
She sings the songs without words Songs that sailors, and blind men, and beggars have heard She knows more of love than… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Well the seaport, all seaports in Britain whether it's Glasgow or Newcastle or... or Liverpool, any of the seaports, I've got this… — Derek Taylor Copy Share Image
It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
“Oh, my lord, I know it, I do.” The beggar laughed. “I own the place, technically. Now, regarding those coins for old… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It doesn't make any difference how much money a father earns, his name is always Dad-Can-I… Like all other children, my five… — Bill Cosby 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
I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
You use the vertical edge as the point of reference, instead of the horizontal edge. I have a picture of a beggar,… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I have heard of a monk who in his cell had a glorious vision of Jesus revealed to him. Just then a… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
All live by seeming. The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming;… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“You'd be surprised how difficult it is to ask alms of a stranger when you've never done it before, what a psychological… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“You won’t be my friend if you weren't benefiting anything from me. You wouldn’t agree to marry me if I were a… — Lord Uzih Copy Share Image
What win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When you don't have any money, any things, any house - if you are unattached, what is the difficulty in it? But… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him as our… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar… — Samuel Johnson 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
A friend to everybody is often a friend to nobody, or else in his simplicity he robs his family to help strangers,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly,… — Henry George Copy Share Image
