Benevolence Quotes · Page 3

“But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad, The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.”

— Robert Burns

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

— Adam Smith

“The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Youth has a right to go astray now and then Feeling themselves oppressed by the benevolence.

— Georg Ebers

There needs no small degree of address to gain the reputation of benevolence without incurring the expense.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

When one door closes another door opens, you must always trust in the benevolence of God.

— Anonymous

“Never ascribe to irrational benevolence what selfishness will explain.”

— Yoon Ha Lee

“Good words are a vain benevolence that demand no sacrifice and are more appreciated than real acts of kindness.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and…

— George Washington

The benevolence of wrapping the partridge in a vine leaf brings out its quality, just as the barrel of Diogenes brought forth…

— Emmanuel des Essarts

As we learned from the Clinton administration and much of the media, a machine gun in the hands of a federal agent…

— James Bovard

“Evil spawns mayhem while benevolence repairs; doing good comforts the living while prayers are extended to the one who attends to the…

— Donna Lynn Hope

In the actual state of social relationships, the forms ("formes", Fr.) of politeness are necessary as a subsitute to benevolence.

— African Spir

God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence;…

— Martial

Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward…

— John Calvin

The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country…

— George Washington

To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To…

— Confucius

A person who embraces the desire to find wholeness within his own being, soon learns the importance of tending to relationships, caring…

— Senora Roy

First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as…

— Adolf Hitler

The programs that came to be known as the New Deal were not simply handed down by the benevolence of FDR and…

— Kshama Sawant

When any relationship is characterized by difference, particularly a disparity in power, there remains a tendency to model it on the parent-child-relationship.…

— Mary Catherine Bateson

But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried…

— Charles Dickens

Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.

— John Calvin

“There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart.”

— Robert Burns

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

— Confucius

Through wisdom, we can easily bear the burdens of this life and respond to our fellow man with charity and patience.

— Senora Roy

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

— Baruch Spinoza

This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.

— Robert Wilson Lynd

Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.

— Laozi

“sympathy, loyalty, benevolence, mercy, humanity, are observed in human beings.”

— Kaiten Nukariya

You have no idea, sir, how difficult it is to be the victim of benevolence.

— Zora Neale Hurston

States strong enough to do good are but few. Their number would seem limited to three.

— Robert Frost

If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.

— Mencius

“I think if the plan is to count on the benevolence and wisdom and courage of billionaires, that’s a bad plan.”

— Rachel Maddow

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

— Jane Austen

“Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.

— Masaaki Hatsumi