Benevolence Quotes

Without love, benevolence becomes egotism.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“He turned to me, full of a terrifying benevolence.”

— Edith Wharton

It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

— Bill Cosby

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

— Jim Rohn

Charity is what separates man from animals.

— Narut Pakunwanich

A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

— J. G. Holland

The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

— Laozi

cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour.

— Khaled Hosseini

“Angels are all around us every day. Notice them and realize the benevolence of life.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“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

“Respect, Honesty, Courage, Rectitude, Loyalty, Honour, Benevolence”

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all.

— Oliver Goldsmith

“When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue.”

— Lao Tzu

“The right way to start your day...Guard well within yourself with benevolence, Hateful people will always try to provoke you.”

— Napz Cherub Pellazo

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Planned Parenthood, you aren't…

— Michelle Malkin

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their…

— Adam Smith

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive…

— Bertrand Russell

A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do…

— Albert Schweitzer

“If someone has the courage to admit they were wrong, you should have the grace to give them credit for admitting it.…

— James Clear

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the…

— Mencius

We may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindness about us at little expense. Some of them will fall on good ground,…

— Jeremy Bentham

Not knowing that we can be loved for who we truly are prevents us from trusting in love itself, and this in…

— John Welwood

The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of…

— Herbert Spencer

Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he would find…

— Robert Owen

Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the…

— Walter E. Williams

When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of…

— Jean Giono

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

Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance…

— Marcus Aurelius

As the biocentric view suggests, the garden prospers when control is balanced by equal measures of humility and benevolence. A balance is…

— Jim Nollman

The love of action is a principle of a much stronger and more doubtful nature. It often leads to anger, to ambition,…

— Edward Gibbon

“Now general benevolence was one of the leading features of the Pickwickian theory, and no one was more remarkable for the zealous…

— Charles Dickens

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to…

— Gore Vidal

“In an age of Perfect Virtue, the worthy are not honored; the talented are not employed. Rulers are like the high branches…

— Zhuangzi

Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure…

— David Livingstone

I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground…

— Henry Sidgwick

... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one…

— Robert Parry

Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of…

— James Monroe

Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original…

— Anonymous