Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.” — J. W. Lord Copy Share Image
Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
“Success comes in direct proportion to the number of people you help.” — Will Craig, Living the Hero's Journey Copy Share Image
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
These eyes see the incredible benevolence of the universe, which is completely trustworthy in all respects. There is nothing to fear. Everything… — Suzanne Segal Copy Share Image
The little mind who loves itself, will wr'te and think with the vulgar; but the great mind will be bravely eccentric, and… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
There is in Aristotle an almost complete absence of what may be called benevolence or philanthropy. The sufferings of mankind . .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain. I have heard of the cutting… — Mencius Copy Share Image
Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both… — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one's own. Their unlikely… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
In the present, the way benevolence is expressed is in conceptualizing the Native as a historical relic; US people have to be… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“We are all each of us riddles, when unknown one to the other. The plain map of human powers and purposes, helps… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
“Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.' 'I understand the concept. It's just . . . there seems to be… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevolence which… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
“But we are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with the truth as far as our reason allows us to… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image